Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15)

The notes are really easy to read and the fingerings are also very nice with my hands. I highly recommend to anyone who is willing to play Beethoven's Sonatas but the movement might be half way down the page sometimes and just be careful that you don't turn the page wit too much forceas t could rip. I've been looking for a piece book that's cheap and I only got this for six dollars and it was a great deal!

Not that this book should be expected to address a longstanding problem with piano books, but even with the lay-flat binding, the front pages will keep shutting (this is just a peeve of mine, probably doesn't bother most people). More importantly, this is my favorite version of Beethoven's Sonatas (this is my third book). In addition to the arrangement, which is most important, the fact that 1-15 are all included in this book is also nice. For me, that covers my most played pieces, though I still have to go to volume 2 for some of my favorites from time to time.

This edition is available at a fraction of the price and (contrary to the comments of other reviewers) is probably more accurate than other Urtext editions. The famous musicologist Heinrich Schenker is known for his extreme attention to detail, including, for example, the directions of the stems (which other Urtext editions are not). The only caveat to accuracy is that Beethoven's autographs for a few of the sonatas were not available to the world in Schenker's time but have since become available. Although I always ignore printed fingering, Schenker's is among the most sensible I have seen. The only drawback to this edition is that it is somewhat prescriptive, in the sense that it does not offer choices in the way the Henle edition does. Physically, the Dover edition will last longer and stay open better than other paperback editions.

Nice edition to my collection of piano books. Some of the notation is awackward for example instead of using octave lines in the treble making it necessary to figure out the notes. Much less expensive than Urtext without explanations which can be accessed on YouTube. The binding is tight but can be easily proper open.

Good selection of music. But lots of music that I don’t use

I had a couple of other editions, from years before. I could never really usee those because it was not easy to open and read, since this is a huge work (32 sonatas make a gross volume very impractical). But with these 2 volumes they made it easy for me to read, the type of paper and the sewn-flat binding are very practical. I am studying several sonatas now.

Excellent urtext edition of this wonderful works. Evertyhing is clearly printed, the book stands on its own on any page (may take some time for the first pages), and this edition thinks about something that some other good editions don't: Whenever it's posible, the page change is located in a part of the score where it can be easily done with a single hand, without missing any note.I totally recommend it.

This Schenker version was recommnded by a teacher. Cheaper than Henle, and worth for the price.

Nice edition of Beethoven’s sonatas

Che dire...Beethoven è Beethoven

Excelente producto en mi region es dificil conseguir bibliografia de ese tipo

日本の製本よりフラットに限りなく近く開きます。力をかけなくても良いです。分厚いのですがその割には重くもないです。糸で綴じてあります。印刷は、くっきり黒が濃く昔の楽譜っていう感じですが、いい味出してます。インクの良い匂い。紙はクリーム色、やや薄く、でもしっかりしていてツルツル気味の滑らかな良い紙質です。暫く使ってみて。運指が好きです。19世紀に音楽理論学者のシェンカーによるものと思われます。

So many of these paperback music scores have a somewhat inflexible binding, and the pages don't like to stay open. Given that a majority of modern pianos do not come with those neat little brass clamps that hold the pages open, I seem to spend as much of my time fighting with the pages open as I do actually playing the piano.Having said that, with judicious use of clothes pegs, I have managed to impose some kind of control on this wild, rampant music book and subject it to my unreasonable demands.Other than that, the print and layout is clear, the annotations appear adequate and I am gradually getting to grips with the music. The version appears to be a very accurate one (I am no expert on these matters), so the publishers are making few if any concessions to my rather dodgy playing technique.Overall, setting aside the above somewhat lighthearted cavills (which I guess may be shared by 90% of piano music), I would class this copy of Beethoven's Complete Sonatas as 'Jolly Good Value'.