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BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN Grande Sonate pour le Piano-Forte composée et dedié à Son Altesse Imperiale Monseigneur l'Archiduc Rudolphe d'Autriche, op.106, Vienna: Artaria et Compag:, [1819] FIRST EDITION, French title-page, 59 pages (c.32.5 x 25cm), 4to, engraved title ("A. Müller Sc.") and music, plate no.2588, uncorrected issue, unpriced on title, without the later-inserted catalogue, blue label of August Cranz (Hamburg) at foot of title, nineteenth-century marbled card wrappers, manuscript labels to cover and spine (annotated [by Ernst Rudorff]: "(Lichtenstein'scher Nachlass)"), bookseller's label removed from title The first edition of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata op.106 in B-flat major, one of the towering peaks of the pianist's repertoire. This first issue is uncommon at auction: the only copy we have sold in recent years was in 2011. Pages 25 and 27 in the third movement are in their original uncorrected state. LITERATURE: Hoboken 435; Beethoven-Werk-Verzeichnis (2014), p.666 (III/1); cf. the copies Beethoven-Haus Bonn, C 106/1 and BL h.383.ss PROVENANCE: Ernst Rudorff (1840-1916), inherited from the collection of Marie Hoffmeister, née Lichtenstein (1817-1890).

View 1 of Lot 11: L. v. Beethoven. First edition of the "Hammerklavier" Sonata, op.106, 1819

l. v. beethoven. first edition of the "hammerklavier" sonata, op.106, 1819

seltenes hammerklavier, schweiz, luzern, um 1770, signiert, joseph fridolin rütschi,no.65

beethoven, ludwig van. fine autograph sketchleaf for the ``hammerklavier''...

L11406

first edition of the Piano Sonata in A major, Op.101, [4 &] 19 pages, oblong 4to (c.24 x 32cms),  engraved titles and music, additional series title ("Musée Musical des Clavicinistes...1tes Heft..."), plate no.2661, no price on title, remains of original blue wrappers at joints, later card wrappers, book-plate of Siegfried Ochs, inscribed by him above the book plate ("Erster Druck der Sonate"), browning to title (staining from additional title), but a good clear copy overall [Hoboken 420; Kinsky, p.280]--Haydn, Joseph. Die Worte des Erloesers am Kreuz, Hob. XX/2, [full score], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [1801] first edition of the "The Seven Last Words", 112 pages, large oblong 4to (c.27 x 36cms), engraved title with vignette, composer's preface (March 1801), type-set music, original publisher's orange wrappers, [Hoboken 1375; RISM H 25]

sonate pour le piano-forte für das hammer-klavier des museum's für klavier-musik ...101tes werk, vienna: "bei s.a. steiner und comp", [1817]

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Ludwig van Beethoven Collection of first and early editions of works for piano Trois Sonates pour le Piano-Forte...Oeuv: II, Mainz: Zulehner, [c.1805] 55 pages, plate number 70 ﻿Grande Sonate pathétique Pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte...Oeuv: 13, Mainz: Schott, [c.1815], 17 pages, plate number 121 Sonata Quasi una Fantasia per il Piano-Forte...Opera 27. N:o ['2': in manuscript], Bonn: Simrock and Paris: aux adresses ordinaires, [1802-c.1817], 13 pages, plate number 227, title cropped and laid down on p.1 Sonate pour le Piano-Forte...Oeuv: ['57': in manuscript], Mainz: Zulehner, [c.1808], CARL KLINGEMANN'S OWN COPY, signed by him on the title, 25 pages, plate number 154, price in manuscript, some leaves strengthened at hinge Grande Sonate pour le Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 106, Vienna: Artaria etc., [1819], FIRST EDITION, WITH FRENCH TITLE, OF THE 'HAMMERKLAVIER' SONATA, 59 pages, plate number 2588 Sonate (in E-dur.) für das Piano-Forte...109tes Werk, Vienna: Haslinger, [after c.1828], 17 pages Sonate pour le Piano Forte...Oeuv. 111, Berlin: Schlesinger etc., [May (?) 1823], FIRST BERLIN EDITION, 27 pages, plate number 1160 Nouvelles Bagatelles faciles et agréables...Oeuv: 112, Vienna: Sauer & Leidesdorf, [1824], 12 pages, plate number "S.L.700" 8 volumes in one, folio (31.6 x 24.7cm), engraved music, some later pencil fingerings, manuscript label to upper cover in the hand of Ernst Rudorff ("Beethoven Sonaten für Pianoforte...Meine Mutter...M[eine] Eltern]..."), nineteenth-century half cloth, damp-staining to a few leaves, a few small repairs, trimmed by the binder Formerly in the collection of the Berlin pianist and composer Ernest Rudorff (1840-1916). Rudorff's fascinating manuscript label to the volume indicates the provenance of the various items that were bound together here: the 'Pathétique' and the 'Moonlight' sonatas (op.13 and op.27 no.2), for example, belonging originally to Rudorff's mother (Betty Pistor, Mendelssohn's early sweetheart), and the 'Appassionata' (op.57), to Mendelssohn's great friend Carl Klingemann.

View 1 of Lot 11: L. v. Beethoven. Collection of first and early editions of works for piano

l. v. beethoven. collection of first and early editions of works for piano

Fine autograph letter signed ("Beethoven"), to the archduke rudolph, beethoven's pupil, patron and friend, and dedicatee of the Missa Solemnis and the "Hammerklavier" sonata;

beethoven, ludwig van.

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first edition of the "Hammerklavier" Sonata, (French title) 59 pages, 4to (c.33 x 25.5cms), engraved throughout, plate number 2588, unpriced on title, modern green folder, tears to margins of title and pp.29/30 repaired, some hinges repaired, uncorrected bars on pp.3 & 4 corrected in pencil and red crayon, some foxing and slight creasing [Hoboken 435;  Kinsky p.294]

grande sonate pour le piano forte, composée and dediée à son altesse imperiale monseigneur l'archiduc rodolphe d'autriche..., vienna: artaria, [1819]     

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Beethoven, Ludwig van Collection of early editions of his piano works Trois Sonates pour Le Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 2 [Op.2] [cf. Hoboken, ii 19], Bonn: N. Simrock, [after 1810], 51 pages, oblong folio, engraved throughout, plate number 75, disbound, gatherings strengthened at hinge Trois Sonates pour le clavecin ou piano forte...Oeuvre X [Op.10] [BWV, i, p.53], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1801], 43 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 150, disbound, browning, repairs to spine Tre Sonate per il Forte Piano con un Violino...Opera 12 [parts] [BWV, i, p.64], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1801/1802?], 1 leaf, 45 and 17 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 133, priced at Fr. 7.50 in manuscript, nineteenth-century marbled boards Ire Symphonie pour le Pianoforte à quatre mains arrangé par Charles Zulehner [Op.21] [BWV, i, p.132], Leipzig: Kühnel, [1813], 31 pages, engraved throughout, plate number 1033, bookseller's label over imprint ("à Amsterdam, chez H. C. Steup..."), contemporary half calf, small excision to upper inner corner of title leaf, slightly affecting music on verso, binding very worn, text block detached Grande Sonate pour le Piano Forte...Oeuvre XXII [Op.22], Leipzig: au Bureau de Musique, [c.1806], Titelauflage, 23 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 88, ownership inscription to title ("Henriette Rust"), modern quarter leather binding, extensive expert repairs, including to title, trimmed to plate Trois Sonates pour le Clavecin où Pianoforte [...'ou Piano-Forte': nos. 2 and 3]...Oeuvre 29. N.o 1 [...2...3: numbers in manuscript] [Op.31] [BWV, i, p.188], Vienna: Cappi, [after 1806], 3 volumes in one, 27, 23, 22 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate numbers 1027, 1028, 1115, manuscript label to upper cover ("688 / Trois Sonates de Beethoven."), contemporary boards Sinfonia Eroica aggiustata per il Pianoforte...Op.55 [BWV, i, p.304], Leipzig: C.F. Peters (Bureau de Musique), [from 1814], Titelauflage, 1 leaf, 45 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 520, disbound, spotting and browning to margins Grande Sonate Pour Le Piano-Forte [Op.53] [Hoboken, ii 257], Zürich: J.G. Nägeli, [1805], 1 leaf, 29 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, uncut, ties, browning to edges Grande Symphonie...arrangée à 4 mains pour le Piano Forte...par W. Watts...Op:60. N.o I [BWV, i, p.339], Bonn and Cologne: N. Simrock, [1817], 51 pages, oblong 4to, plate number 1398, stamp of "Bibliotheca Landsbergiana" to title and p.3, disbound, browning Sonate pour le Piano-Forte...Oeuvre 78 [Op.78] [cf. BWV, i, p.492], Vienna: Artaria, [1810/1811], 1 leaf, FIRST VIENNA EDITION, variant issue, 11 pages, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 2126, priced at "50 x. C.M.", signature to title ("...Sechter"[?]), ties, spine reinforced with old blue paper, browning to title, small tear to upper outer corner of title Septième Grande Sinfonie en La majeur (A dur)...Op.92 arrangée pour le pianoforté à quatre mains par Charles Czerny [BWV, i, p.598], Leipzig: Probst/Vienna: Haslinger, [from 1828], 57 pages, oblong 4to, plate number 358, stamp of "Bibliotheca Landsbergiana" to title, disbound, some damp-staining Grosse Sonate für das Hammer-Klavier...Op:106 [Hoboken 438], Vienna: Artaria, [1832/1833], Titelauflage, 1 leaf, 6, 59 pages, 4to, 6-page catalogue of works, plate number 2588, some manuscript annotations to title, disbound, outer leaves affixed to preceding leaves, spotting Sonate für das Pianoforte...111tes Werk [Op.111] [Hoboken, ii 463], Vienna: Cappi, [1823], 1 leaf, 23 pages, 1 (blank) leaf, oblong 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 2505, nineteenth-century marbled boards, covers worn 12 Nouvelles Bagatelles faciles agréables pour le Piano Forte...Oeuv: 112 [recte: Op.119] [BWV, i, p.766], Vienna: Diabelli, [1826?], 13 pages, 4to, engraved throughout, plate number 2224, various manuscript annotations to title ("...F.K. 14.6.81..."), ownership stamp of Alfred Cortot to title ("CA"), ties, dust-staining to outer pages, some gatherings strengthened at hinge Trente-trois variations sur une valse pour le piano-forte...Oeuv.120 [Op.120] [BWV, ii, pp.707ff.], Paris: A. Farrenc, [before November 1829], 41 pages, folio, engraved throughout, plate number 264, some later pencil annotations, ownership signature to title ("Erich Hertzmann"), uncut, ties, light browning to outer pages together with later editions by Haslinger of the piano sonatas WoO47, Opp.10, 13, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 29, 53, 54, 57, 78, 81a, 90, 101, 109, 110 and 111, 30 works in 3 volumes, manuscript index of the sonatas with incipits bound in to first volume, nineteenth-century cloth gilt

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l. v. beethoven. collection of early editions of his piano works, c.1801-1833

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Grosse Sonate für das Hammer-Klavier, Op.106, with the 'Catalogue des Oeuvres', 59 pages, priced at "4f.C.M.", Simrock's label on title, engraved throughout, Vienna: Artaria, [c.1820], [Hoboken, ii 436; Kinsky (2014), p.667 (2b)]--Six Bagatelles Op.126, FIRST EDITION, 19 pages, lithographed title with lyre-vignette, priced ("Pr: 1 Fl 24 kr:"), 2 blank pages following title, engraved music, plate no. 2281, Mainz: Schott, [1825] [Hoboken, ii 506; Kinsky p.805]--the other late sonatas from Haslinger's complete edition: Opp.101, 109, 110 & 111, engraved, Vienna: Haslinger, [c.1833-1835], and: Opp.2, 7, 10, 13, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 49, 53, 54, 57, 77 (Fantaisie), 78, 79, 81 & 90, lithographed, Offenbach: André, [c.1840] 4 volumes, 4to, coloured titles to the André & Haslinger editions, contemporary black roan-backed boards, nineteenth-century ownership inscriptions of Auguste Ergmann, some staining and foxing, rather worn, spine on first volume detaching

bound collection of first and early editions of the piano sonatas and bagatelles, vienna: artaria & t. haslinger, et al [c.1820-1840], including:

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Grosse Sonate für das Hammer-Klavier, Op.106, first edition, 3rd issue (with the 'Catalogue des Oeuvres'), 59 pages, priced at "4f.C.M.", Simrock's label on title, engraved throughout, Vienna: Artaria, [c.1820]--Six Bagatelles Op.126, FIRST EDITION, 19 pages, lithographed title with lyre-vignette, priced ("Pr: 1 Fl 24 kr:"), 2 blank pages following title, engraved music, plate no. 2281, Mainz: Schott, [1825]--the remaining sonatas in later editions: Opp.2, 7, 10, 13, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 49, 53, 54, 57, 77 (Fantaisie), 78, 79, 81 & 90, lithographed, Offenbach: André, [c.1840]; Opp.101, 109, 110 & 111, engraved, Vienna: Haslinger, [c.1833-1835]

Grosse Sonate für das Hammer-Klavier, Op.106, first edition, 3rd issue (with the 'Catalogue des Oeuvres'), 59 pages, priced at "4f.C.M.", Simrock's label on title, engraved throughout, Vienna: Artaria, [c.1820]--Six Bagatelles Op.126, FIRST EDITION, 19 pages, lithographed title with lyre-vignette, priced ("Pr: 1 Fl 24 kr:"), 2 blank pages following title, engraved music, plate no. 2281, Mainz: Schott, [1825]--the remaining sonatas in later editions: Opp.2, 7, 10, 13, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 49, 53, 54, 57, 77 (Fantaisie), 78, 79, 81 & 90, lithographed, Offenbach: André, [c.1840]; Opp.101, 109, 110 & 111, engraved, Vienna: Haslinger, [c.1833-1835] 4 volumes, 4to, coloured titles to the André & Haslinger editions, contemporary black roan-backed boards, nineteenth-century ownership inscriptions of Auguste Ergmann, some staining and foxing, rather worn, spine on first volume detaching

collection of first and early editions of the piano sonatas and bagatelles, in four volumes, vienna: artaria & t. haslinger, et al [c.1820-1840], including:

L12402

Wellingtons-Sieg oder Die Schlacht bey Vittoria, [piano four hands], Vienna; Steiner, [1816], first edition, 39 pages, oblong folio, engraved throughout, plate no.2364, subscription advertisement, final blank, staining to title, spine reinforced, price altered in manuscript, [Hoboken 392; Kinsky, p.255]--Grosse Sonate für das Hammer-Klavier, Op.106, Vienna: Artaria, c.1832-1833, engraved, plate no.2588, without catalogue, some foxing,  [cf Hoboken 437]--33 Veränderungen ["Diabelli" Variations], Op.120, Vienna: Diabelli, [c.1824], engraved additional title, [Hoboken 485]--Trois Sonates Op.2, Bonn: Simrock, [c.1800], priced at 6Fr.50 Cmes, later vellum-backed boards [cf Hoboken 19]--another edition, Artaria, folio, [c.1830]--Bagatelles pour Piano-Forte, Op.33, Offenbach: J. André, [1804-1805]--Ouverture aus der Oper Fidelio Für das Piano-Forte auf 4 Hände übersetzt von Joh. Nep. Hummel, Vienna; Artaria, [1814]--together with later editions of Beethoven's sonatas by Liszt and others (11)

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