Introduzione – RondoPiano Sonata in C major · Op. 53 · II–III

The close of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 53, printed here as one score: a short Introduzione, Adagio molto, runs without a break into the Rondo, Allegretto moderato. The Introduzione took the place of a long slow movement that Beethoven removed and published separately as the Andante favori. The Rondo’s pianissimo theme lies over long pedals and trills, and a Prestissimo coda ends the sonata. This edition follows Paul Dukas’s edition for Durand, 1915.