Sonata in F major Op. 17 – for Horn (Violincello) and Piano

According to Beethoven’s pupil Ferdinand Ries, the Horn Sonata op. 17 was written in great haste in April 1800 for a subscription concert organized by the natural-horn player Johann Wenzel and held at Vienna’s Hofburgtheater. The present edition of the often played work derives from a single surviving source, the first edition of 1801; it also adopts its notation, particularly in the domain of articulation (staccato dots, dashesand wedges). Suggested fingerings have been added to the piano part. Fu rther editorial additions are clearly marked.