Among Vienna’s many composers and pianists of the time, Anton Eberl (1765–1807) was the one considered most worthy of comparison with Beethoven. His Sonata in B flat major, Op. 10 No. 2 is the first known Viennese sonata with keyboard in which the clarinet is offered as the first-named alternative to the violin (both instrumental parts are included in this edition). The present work, probably the fourth of his seven sonatas with violin, was published with an optional ‘basse’ – doubtless intended to be a part for a cellist – which permitted performance as a piano trio.

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