Trois Sonates Pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte, Op. 2

An analysis of the development stages of this edition can be found in Patricia Stroh, "Evolution of an Edition" (see References).

Title	Trois Sonates Pour le Clavecin ou Piano-Forte Composées et Dediées À Mr. Joseph Haydn Maitre de Chapelle de S.A. Monseigneur le Prince Esterhazy &. &. par Louis van Beethoven. Oeuvre II.
Compositions	Op. 2 No. 1, Op. 2 No. 2, Op. 2 No. 3
Published in	March 1796
Publisher	Artaria, Wien
Plate number	614

Exemplars

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

N.Mus.ms. 304

Beethoven's own proof copy (fourth stage) with his 29 handwritten corrections in Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3.

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

SH.Beethoven.16 MUS MAG

Copy of the first published version (fifth stage). It includes most of the corrections previously noted by Beethoven in the proof copy at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University

Op2 No1-3 Artaria 614 [1796]

Proof copy (third stage) which incorporates most of the corrections of Malerich's copy into the plates.

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University

Op2 No1-3 Artaria 614 Malerich copy

Proof copy (second stage). The earliest known exemplar, with handwritten alterations, almost certainly not by Beethoven's hand, but on his instructions (most of them were integrated in subsequent printings). Property of Dr. Matthew Malerich.