Adagio cantabile from Sonata, Op. 13 (Pathetique)

1798 saw Beethoven finish what would become one of his most celebrated compositions, the piano sonata number 8 in C minor, commonly known as the Sonata Pathétique. The second movement, the Adagio cantabile (slowly, in a singing style) is here transcribed for horn in F. The movement is a simple rondo, having theme which recurs several times separated by other themes, and it works especially well for wind instruments like the horn, which can play with an almost human singing quality.

Horn upper range is to concert Db5, with a passage having optional, sustained F5.