{"product_id":"18321-beethoven-ludwig-van-grande-sonate-pathetique-pour-le-clavecin-ou-piano-forte-oeuvre-13","title":"Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827) Grande Sonate Pathetique Pour le Clavecin ou Piano-forte...Oeuvre 13.","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eUpright folio Disbound. 1f. (title), 1-17 pp. Price: \"6.\" Engraved throughout. [PN] 22.  Ticket of the La Haye publisher F.T. Weigano overlayed on title printed Erard publisher identification. With the publisher's handwritten authentication signature \"[C.?] Erard\" in ink l.r.. Left edge a little rough, many pages with early paper fill repairs along the inner margin, two pages with tears in margins to just outside the plate, else a very clean and crisp copy.  Kinsky p. 30. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eIssued by the firm of Erard, from whose instrument manufacturing wing the composer would order a piano in 1803, the present publication was advertised in the \u003c\/span\u003eJournal de Paris, January 31, 1801.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eThe Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, commonly known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSonata Pathétique\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, was written in \u003c\/span\u003e1798\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in \u003c\/span\u003e1799\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e Dedicated to his friend \u003c\/span\u003ePrince Karl von Lichnowsky, it has remained one of his most celebrated compositions.  Although commonly thought to be one of the few works to be named by the composer himself, it was actually titled \u003ci\u003eGrande sonate pathétique \u003c\/i\u003e(to Beethoven's liking) by the publisher, who was impressed by the sonata's tragic sonorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093679034527,"sku":"18321","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Beethoven_18321_01.jpg?v=1722189639","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18321-beethoven-ludwig-van-grande-sonate-pathetique-pour-le-clavecin-ou-piano-forte-oeuvre-13","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}