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Grande sonate pour le clavecin ou forte-piano, oeuvre 26

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Title

Grande sonate pour le clavecin ou forte-piano, oeuvre 26

Names

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (Composer)
Lichnowsky, Karl, 1761-1814 (Dedicatee)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1806 (Inferred)
Place: Vienne
Publisher: Chez Jean Cappi sur la place St. Michel No. 4

Library Location

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Shelf locator: Mus. Res. *MYD (Beethoven. Op. 26. Grande sonate)

Subjects

Sonatas (Piano)
Piano music

Genres

Scores

Notes

Content: "...dediée à son altesse Monseigneur le Prince Charles de Lichnowsky" - title page dedication.
Content: Price of "2f" barely legible on t.p.
Citation/Reference: Ludwig van Beethoven, Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis, Band 1, page 151.
Citation/Reference: Kinsky-Halm, page 64.
Citation/Reference: Dorfmüller, pages 252, 304.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 score (19 pages) ; 25 x 33 cm

Abstract

This edition is a "Plattenauflage" of the 1st edition published by Cappi in 1802; the title page has altered the publisher's address and price; the plates for the music have been re-engraved and issued in May 1806; see Beethoven Werkverzeichnis, Band 1, page 151, and Guide for Dating Early Published Music (1974), p. 44.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 19564718
Photo Order: 59490
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21614728
Publisher-assigned music number: 880 Jean Cappi
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d5770c40-8214-0136-5435-6d1384a7f56d

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Notated Music

Date Issued

1806

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Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Grande sonate pour le clavecin ou forte-piano, oeuvre 26" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1806. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5770c40-8214-0136-5435-6d1384a7f56d

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Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1806). Grande sonate pour le clavecin ou forte-piano, oeuvre 26 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5770c40-8214-0136-5435-6d1384a7f56d

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Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Grande sonate pour le clavecin ou forte-piano, oeuvre 26" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d5770c40-8214-0136-5435-6d1384a7f56d

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