Beethoven, Ludwig van. (1770–1827) Klaviersonate F-moll, Opus 57 [Appassionata], im Faksimile der UrschriftOblong folio. Pebbled green leather boards, front gilt stamped title. 44 pp. autograph manuscript facsimile. Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Op. 53 and Les Adieux, Op. 81a). Composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, it was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick and the present first edition