Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22

Piano Solo
Composed in 1800, this work was published two years later under the title Grande Sonate in order to demonstrate the resumption of an earlier, four-movement sonata model. Beethoven proudly announced to his publisher: This sonata is a winner – which implied not only both the high technical demands through brilliant, virtuoso passages, but also the sonata’s particular musical characteristics. In 1807, a critic judged that the work combined in a very original manner brilliance and power, solemnity and poignancy, cheerfulness, pleasantness, and an unsettling and great loftiness.

Additional Information

SKU: 51481310
UPC: 888680663001
Series: Henle Music Folios
Page Count: 28
Contributors: (ed. Bertha Antonia Wallner, fing. Conrad Hansen)