A Contract with Posterity

Ex. 6.1

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, first movement, mm. 1-11

Piano Longman, Clementi, & Co. (London, 1798) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2004)  © Tom Beghin and Naxos 2009/2011

Ex. 6.2

Jan Ladislav Dussek, Sonata in G Minor, Op. 13 No. 3, first movement, mm. 1–4

Piano John Broadwood & Sons (London, 1816; presently at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia)  © Tom Beghin 2015

Ex. 6.3

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 22, fourth movement, mm. 1-8

Fortepiano Anton Walter with prell action (Vienna, c. 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2005)  © Tom Beghin 2015

Ex. 6.4

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 (Vienna: Artaria, 1798), first movement, mm. 6–12

Fortepiano Anton Walter with prell action (Vienna, c. 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2005)  © Tom Beghin and Naxos 2009/2011

Sound Excerpts

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, first movement, mm. 27–34; English rendition, using a Longman, Clementi & Co. piano (1798/2004) in the virtual Holywell Music Room

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, first movement, mm. 27–34; Viennese rendition, using an Anton Walter fortepiano (ca. 1795/2005) in the virtual Festsaal, Lobkowitz Palais

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, first movement, mm. 1–6; English rendition, using a Longman, Clementi & Co. piano (1798/2004) in the dry laboratory, without virtual acoustics

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, first movement, mm. 1-6; Viennese rendition, using an Anton Walter fortepiano (ca. 1795/2005) in the dry laboratory, without virtual acoustics

Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52, first movement, mm. 1-19; Viennese rendition, using an Anton Walter fortepiano (ca. 1795/2005) in the virtual Festsaal, Lobkowitz Palais

© Tom Beghin and Naxos 2009/2011

Bonus

Tom Beghin plays Theresa Bartolozzi-Jansen’s Grand Sonata in A Major (London: G. Walker, no date [possibly c. 1815])

1. Allegro (0:00)
2. Andantino (8:11)
3. Rondo: Presto (13:39)
Recording by Koen Uvin. Orpheus Institute, Ghent, May 3, 2015. Piano John Broadwood & Sons (1817) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2013) © Tom Beghin 2015