Beethoven, Ludwig van - Dances for Piano *Currency Press and sources and editions

and sources and editions

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Beethoven, Ludwig van - Dances for Piano *Currency Press and sources and editionsThe Menuett, the Deutscher Tanz, the Kontretanz and the Ecossaise were extraordinarily popular social dances during Beethovens lifetime. Thus along with sonatas and variations Beethoven on numerous occasions composed easy to play dances and dance collections for solo piano, which are brought together in their entirety for the first time in our volume. Beethoven did not give these occasional pieces an opus number, so today they are numbered only as WoO