Appendix 1 - Primary Sources of Beethoven's Music for Cello and Piano

Summary

SONATAS

Sonata in F major Op. 5 No. 1

AUTOGRAPH SKETCHES

London, British Library, Add. Ms. 29801, ‘Kafka’ Sketchbook, fols. 83v and 142 (May–June 1796), fol. 119 (second half of 1796); see Beethoven, Autograph Miscellany

Deutsche Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven 28, ‘Fischhof ‘ Miscellany, fols. 13, 14v, 43r (May–June 1796); see Johnson, Beethoven's Early Sketches in the ‘Fischhof Miscellany’

AUTOGRAPH

Lost, presumably used for engraving the first edition

FIRST EDITION (IN PARTS)

Vienna, Artaria et Compagnie, plate number 689 (February 1797), with separate cello and piano parts

FIRST EDITION (IN SCORE)

Frankfurt, Dunst, plate number 79 (ca. 1830), with a score and separate cello part

Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2

AUTOGRAPH SKETCHES

Bergamo, Instituto Musicale Gaetano Donizetti (May–June 1796), bifolio; see Holschneider, ‘Unbekannte Beethoven-Skizzen in Bergamo’

London, British Library, Add. Ms. 29801, ‘Kafka’ Sketchbook, fols. 83 and 119v (May–June 1796); see Beethoven, Autograph Miscellany

Deutsche Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven 28, ‘Fischhof ‘, fol. 13v (May–June 1796); see Johnson, Beethoven's Early Sketches in the ‘Fischhof Miscellany’

Folio in private possession, Switzerland (Sotheby's Catalogue of 14 December 1988, Lot 198); see Weber-Bockholdt, ‘Ein neu aufgefundenes Skizzenblatt Beethovens’

AUTOGRAPH

Lost, presumably used for engraving the first edition

FIRST EDITION (IN PARTS)

Vienna, Artaria et Compagnie, plate number 689 (February 1797), published with separate cello and piano parts

FIRST EDITION (IN SCORE)

Frankfurt, Dunst, plate number 79 (ca. 1830), with a score and separate cello part

Sonata in A major Op. 69

AUTOGRAPH SKETCHES (SEPTEMBER 1807–MARCH 1808)

Vienna, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, A38 B, A41, A59, fol. 8; see Brandenburg, ‘Die Skizzen zu Beethovens Cellosonate Op. 69’

Deutsche Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven Landsberg 10, pp. 47–48 and 49–56

Bonn, Beethoven-Haus, H. C. Bodmer HCB BSk 9/57, HCB Mh 75 and 76

Copenhagen, Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium, no call number (SV 332)

Paris, Conservatoire (in Bibliothèque Nationale), Ms. 45; see www.gallica.bnf.fr

London, British Library, Zweig Collection, Ms. 6, bifolio

MANUSCRIPTS

Bonn, Beethoven-Haus, NE 179, autograph score of the first movement (early summer 1808; facsimiles: Lockwood, ed., Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata for Violoncello and Pianoforte, First Movement; Brandenburg, ed., Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier op. 69…