Composition: Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 (Beethoven, Ludwig van)
| Title | Piano Sonata No. 21 |
| Alternative title | Waldstein sonata |
| Creators | Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) |
| Opus | Op.53 |
| Instrumentation | piano |
| Number of movements | 3 |
| Keys | C major |
| Composed | 1803 |
| First published | 1805 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Sonatas |
| Period | Classical |
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Sections
| Title click for details |
Metronome | Key | Measures |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allegro con brio | — | C major | — |
| Introduzione. Adagio molto - | — | F major | — |
| Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo | — | C major | — |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | strings | Joshua Choe |
| view | Complete | violin and cello | Russ Bartoli |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | — | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Kunst- und Industrie-Comptoir | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | N. Simrock | 1805 | Complete Score (300 dpi) · view |
| view | Complete | — | Monzani | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Preston | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Breitkopf und Härtel | 1862 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Cotta | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Cotta | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Gutheil | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Universal Edition | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ullstein | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ullstein | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Ricordi | 1919 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Edition Peters | — | Complete Score · view Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Lintupsky & Spektor | 1924 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | Curci | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | G. Henle Verlag | 1976 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | — | G. Henle Verlag | 1976 | Complete Score · view Front Matter · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for strings |
Joshua Choe | 2020 | Complete Score · view Violins I · view Violins II · view Violas · view Cellos · view Basses · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for violin and cello |
— | — | Complete Score · view Violin · view Cello · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Paavali Jumppanen (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Nelson Freire (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Nelson Freire (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Fritz Jank (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Guiomar Novaes (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Complete | Daniel Barenboim (piano) | Complete Performance · file | |
| view | Synthesized | Selections | Luis Kolodin (piano) | 1. Allegro con brio · file 2. Introduzione. Adagio molto · file |
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| view | Synthesized | Synthesized | — | NoNameTheAnt (performer) | Synthesized Performance · file |
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