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Original

Ludwig Van Beethoven. Sonata In C Minor Op.111. Sheet Music. Piano Solo. PF. Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Translation

Ludwig Van Beethoven. Sonata In C Minor Op.111. Sheet Music. Piano Solo. PF. Ludwig Van Beethoven.

Original

This is, next to Op.106, technically the hardest of the last five sonatas. but it is so dramatic in its first movement and so unmistakably sublime as a whole that it is less discouraging to the student than any other of Beethoven’s later works. Its technical difficulties are positive encouragements. as practice can overcome them. Not only did this Sonata help to shape the course of Piano music, it influenced the orchestral compositions of Franck, Wagner, Mahler, and many others. Prokofiev modelled the structure of his Symphony No. 2 directly on the sonata. Without doubt, this is one of the greatest Piano sonatas ever written.

Translation

This is, next to Op.106, technically the hardest of the last five sonatas. but it is so dramatic in its first movement and so unmistakably sublime as a whole that it is less discouraging to the student than any other of Beethoven’s later works. Its technical difficulties are positive encouragements. as practice can overcome them. Not only did this Sonata help to shape the course of Piano music, it influenced the orchestral compositions of Franck, Wagner, Mahler, and many others. Prokofiev modelled the structure of his Symphony No. 2 directly on the sonata. Without doubt, this is one of the greatest Piano sonatas ever written.