Frantisek-Xaver Dusek

Sämtliche Sonaten für Clavier 1

The Czech composer František Xaver Dušek (1731-1799) was one of the most important figures in Prague's musical life in the second half of the 18th century. He was an outstanding pianist, composer and piano teacher, whose pupils included Leopold Koželuch.

All 21 of Dušek's surviving piano sonatas, many of which were previously only available in old prints or manuscripts, are now published in two volumes. The editor Vojtech Spurný has carefully collected and compared the sources scattered in archives across Europe. The sonatas, arranged chronologically by date of publication, appear here for the first time in critical editions.
They are technically easy to play, some were probably written for pedagogical purposes.

- First complete critical edition of the sonatas
- Repertoire that was previously difficult to access
- Preface (Czech/English/German) and Critical Report (English).