Piano Sonata No. 18 (Dussek)
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Jan Ladislav Dussek's Piano Sonata No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 44, known as Les Adieux, was written and published in 1800. It was dedicated to Dussek's fellow composer and virtuoso pianist, Muzio Clementi
Dussek at an unknown date
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a, known as Les Adieux, was written during the years 1809 and 1810. This sonata was influenced by Jan Ladislav Dussek's sonata with the sa
First two bars of the piece, indicating the syllables "Le-be-wohl" over the three-note theme, here an interrupted cadence.