Joanna Cobb Biermann

There are probably very few piano students who have not tried their hand at this piece; it is undeniably one of the most popular classical piano pieces today. And yet unanswered questions still remain...

The two Rondos op. 51 were written independently of one another and only later consolidated into a single opus by Beethoven's publisher. The first of these works from 1797 quickly became popular on ac...

This composition published in 1802 constitutes a completely separate concert piece from Opus 51 no. 1. Compared to the first Rondo (op. 51 no. 1), the second is considerably longer and with a markedly...

First conceived in 1803/04 as the slow movement of the Piano Sonata in C major op. 53 (the 'Waldstein' Sonata), the Andante turned out too long in Beethoven's view and was replaced. Beethoven had it p...

Die Gattung Sinfonie, wie sie am landgräflichen Hofe zu Darmstadt bis etwa 1760 gepflegt wurde, ist ein bisher weitgehend vernachlässigtes Forschungsgebiet. Diese Tatsache muss um so mehr verwundern,...