Bagatelles, Op. 126 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Bagatelles, Op. 126 for solo piano were published late in his career, in the year 1825.[1] Beethoven dedicated them to his brother Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven (1776–1848),[2] and wrote to his publisher, Schott Music, that the Opus 126 Bagatelles "are probably the best I've written".[3]

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Johann Stephan Decker in 1824, the year the bagatelles were composed.
  1. ^ B. Levy (1988, 555-557)
  2. ^ Morris, Edmund. Beethoven: The Universal Composer. New York: Atlas Books / HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-075974-7
  3. ^ von Irmer (1975, 7)