Beethoven First Editions

Title: Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Müller, Andreas, fl. 1815-1817 (engraver)
Description: First edition of the full score of Symphony no. 8 in F Major, op. 93. Title page engraved by Müller; music lithographed. Verso of t.p., p. [1], and last page blank. On t.p. above imprint: No. 2570. Eigenthum der Verleger. Preis [12]. Below "Wien" on t.p.: A. Müller sc. Lacks original wrapper.
Date: 1817

Trifles for the piano forte, consisting of eleven pleasing pieces composed in various styles

Title: Trifles for the piano forte, consisting of eleven pleasing pieces composed in various styles
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First English edition of all eleven Bagatelles, op. 119, and first edition of nos. 1-6 nos. 7-11 were first published in 1821 in F. Starke's Wiener Piano-forte Schule; On t.p. above imprint: ent. Sta. Hall Price 4/ [below imprint]: NB. This work is Copyright;Engraved. Printed on woven paper wm: 1822 ;At foot of each p. of music: Beethoven's Bagatelles
Date: 1823

Trio for piano, clarinet or violin, and cello, op. 11, published by Mollo

Title: Trio for piano, clarinet or violin, and cello, op. 11, published by Mollo
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First edition of the Trio for piano, clarinet, and cello, op. 11, published by T. Mollo in 1798 with alternative part for violin.
Date: 1798

Trio in E-flat major for violin, viola, and cello, op. 3, published by Artaria

Title: Trio in E-flat major for violin, viola, and cello, op. 3, published by Artaria
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First edition parts of the Trio in E-flat major for violin, viola, and violoncello, op. 3, published by Artaria in 1796.
Date: 1796

Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano-forte

Title: Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano-forte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: Proof copy of first edition of the three Sonatas for piano, op. 2, with misprint of "dediées" on t.p. and nearly one hundred handwritten corrections in ink, red crayon, and pencil.
Date: 1796

Title: Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano-forte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 (dedicatee)
Description: First edition, first issue of the Piano Sonatas, Opus 2, no. 1-3, containing printed corrections marked by Beethoven in his proof copy
Date: 1796

Title: Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano forte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Renard (engraver) ; Browne, Anna Margarete von, Gräfin, 1769-1803 (dedicatee)
Description: First edition; On title page below imprint: Renard Sc. ; [at right]: 30 f. 30.x; Engraved, printed on green-tinted, hand-made paper with watermark: shield with crown
Date: 1798

Title: Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano-forte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 (dedicatee)
Description: Proof copy of first ed., with misspelling of dediées on t.p. and lacking Beethoven's corrections, which were added to the first issue of the same year; On t.p. to right of imprint: f3; Unique copy, containing engraving errors which were corrected before printing the copies at the British Library and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. British Library and the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz (with Beethoven's corrections) copies also available on microfilm; Corrections in russet or blue...
Show moreProof copy of first ed., with misspelling of dediées on t.p. and lacking Beethoven's corrections, which were added to the first issue of the same year; On t.p. to right of imprint: f3; Unique copy, containing engraving errors which were corrected before printing the copies at the British Library and Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. British Library and the Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz (with Beethoven's corrections) copies also available on microfilm; Corrections in russet or blue crayon on p. 11, 20, 21, 27, 37, and 49.
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Date: 1796

Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano-forte composées et dediées à Mr. Joseph Haydn, Docteur en musique par Louis van Beethoven. Oeuvre II.

Title: Trois sonates pour le clavecin ou piano-forte composées et dediées à Mr. Joseph Haydn, Docteur en musique par Louis van Beethoven. Oeuvre II.
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 (dedicatee)
Description: Later issue of the first edition of the three Sonatas for piano, op. 2, no. 1-3, in F minor, A major, and C major, dedicated to Joseph Haydn ("docteur en musique"), printed from the plates of the first edition but with a newly engraved plate for p. 3.
Date: after ca. 1800

Trois sonates pour le pianoforte avec l'accompagnement d'un violon

Title: Trois sonates pour le pianoforte avec l'accompagnement d'un violon
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 (dedicatee)
Description: First edition of the Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Minor, Opus 30, no. 2.
Date: 1803

Title: Trois sonates pour le pianoforte avec l'accompagnement d'un violon
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825 (dedicatee)
Description: First edition of the Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, op. 30, no. 3
Date: 1803

Trois trios pour le piano-forte violon, et violoncelle

Title: Trois trios pour le piano-forte violon, et violoncelle
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Lichnowsky, Karl, Fürst von, 1761-1814 (dedicatee)
Description: First edition, earliest issue of the Piano Trios, op. 1, no. 1-3
Date: 1795

Trois trios pour un violon, alto et violoncelle

Title: Trois trios pour un violon, alto et violoncelle
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First edition of the String Trios, op. 9, no. 1-3, with dedication leaf in violin part
Date: 1798

Variations for piano on "Es war einmal ein alter Mann," WoO 66

Title: Variations for piano on "Es war einmal ein alter Mann," WoO 66
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von, 1739-1799 (composer)
Description: Variations in A major for piano, WoO 66, variant of the first edition with price indication Prix 2 Francs on t.p. below imprint
Date: not before 1794

Variations for piano trio in G major, op. 121a

Title: Variations for piano trio in G major, op. 121a
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First edition of the Variations for piano, violin, and cello in G major, op. 121a, published in 1824 by S. A. Steiner in Vienna.
Date: 1824

Variations on folksongs for piano and transverse flute or violin, op. 105, published by Artaria

Title: Variations on folksongs for piano and transverse flute or violin, op. 105, published by Artaria
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First German edition of the Six Variations on folksongs for piano and transverse flute or violin, op. 105, published by Artaria in two volumes.
Date: 1819

Variations pour le piano-forte ... Oeuv. 35

Title: Variations pour le piano-forte ... Oeuv. 35
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Description: First edition of the Variations for fortepiano, Opus 35 ("Eroica")
Date: 1803

Variations pour le piano forte composées et dédiées à son ami Oliva par L. v. Beethoven

Title: Variations pour le piano forte composées et dédiées à son ami Oliva par L. v. Beethoven
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Oliva, Franz, 1786-1848 (dedicatee)
Description: First Viennese edition of the Variations for piano, op. 76
Date: 1810 or 1811

Title: VI variations pour le pianoforte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Odescalchi, Barbara, Fürstin von, 1780-1813 (dedicatee)
Description: 1st. ed., published April 1803; On t.p. above imprint, at right: Pr. 12 Ggr.
Date: 1803

Vier Arietten und ein Duett (italienisch und deutsch) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte

Title: Vier Arietten und ein Duett (italienisch und deutsch) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer), Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782 (poet); Schreiber, Christian, 1781-1857 (translator)
Description: 1st. German ed. of the solo ariettas: 1) Dimmi ben mio, caption title: Hoffnung 2) T'intendo, si mio cor, caption title: Liebes-Klage 3) Che fa il mio bene, caption titles: L'amante impatiente, Stille Frage 4) Che fa il mio bene, caption titles: L'amante impatiente, Liebes-Ungeduld and the duet for soprano and tenor: 5) O di l'aura, caption title: Lebens-Genuss; Originally pub. separately in London, ca. Feb. 1811 the German ed. cited as the 1st. ed. in Kinsky-Halm actually appeared later, in...
Show more1st. German ed. of the solo ariettas: 1) Dimmi ben mio, caption title: Hoffnung 2) T'intendo, si mio cor, caption title: Liebes-Klage 3) Che fa il mio bene, caption titles: L'amante impatiente, Stille Frage 4) Che fa il mio bene, caption titles: L'amante impatiente, Liebes-Ungeduld and the duet for soprano and tenor: 5) O di l'aura, caption title: Lebens-Genuss; Originally pub. separately in London, ca. Feb. 1811 the German ed. cited as the 1st. ed. in Kinsky-Halm actually appeared later, in July, 1811. Cf. Tyson, Authentic English editions of Beethoven (London, 1963), p. 84-86; Italian text for nos. 2-5 by Metastasio author of text for no. 1 is unknown. German text by Schreiber; On t.p. below imprint: Pr. 16 Gr; Plate no. lacking on p. 4, 6, 8-16; This copy of the first edition contains three corrections that Beethoven sent to Breitkopf & Härtel on May 6, 1811. The corrections required scraping some printed notes off the page and adding the corrections in pencil. Cf. Beethoven Briefwechsel Gesamtausgabe, vol. 2, pp. 187-88 (letter no. 496). There are no additional corrections or markings in this copy; Printed from type on laid paper watermarks : 1.A., anchor
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Date: 1811

VIII variations sur le tême (Mich brant' ein heisses Fieber) de l'opera Richard Löwenherz pour le piano-forte

Title: VIII variations sur le tême (Mich brant' ein heisses Fieber) de l'opera Richard Löwenherz pour le piano-forte
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer, Grétry, André, 1741-1813. Richard Coeur-de-Lion
Description: First edition of the Variations in C major for piano (WoO 72) on the theme "Mich brennt ein heisses Fieber" from the opera Richard Coeur-de-Lion by André Grétry
Date: 1798

XII Menuetten im Clavierauszug welche in dem K.K. kleinen Redouten Saal in Wien aufgeführet worden

Title: XII Menuetten im Clavierauszug welche in dem K.K. kleinen Redouten Saal in Wien aufgeführet worden
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 (composer)
Description: First ed. of Beethoven's own arrangement for piano originally for orchestra; On t.p. below imprint, at right: 45 Xr
Date: 1795

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