Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work
It is one printed keyboard work, not the later Ninth. Ludwig van Beethoven's documented role is: He composed and published the Pathétique. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In 1799 Beethoven's Piano Sonata Op. 13 Pathétique was published. It is one printed keyboard work, not the later Ninth. Ludwig van Beethoven's documented role is: He composed and published the Pathétique. Publishers issued it; amateurs bought copies.
13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work (1799-01-01).
Context
Vienna's amateur market bought sonatas. Sharing print with the publisher is required. The setting of Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work is the public file around 1799-01-01. Contribution type is direct. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Why it matters
Improving path from Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work on 1799-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving. Mixed effects of Piano Sonata in C minor Op.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Ludwig van Beethoven
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.4 · verified
He composed and published the Pathétique. Publishers issued it; amateurs bought copies.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactPiano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 January 1799 · verified
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.1 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.IMSLP — Beethoven Pathétique as later public scoreIMSLP · High credibility · verified
- 2.Britannica — Beethoven, move to Vienna 1792Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: IMSLP — Beethoven Pathétique as later public score at https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Beethoven,_Ludwig_van (opens in a new tab) (IMSLP). Independent locator: Britannica — Beethoven piano sonatas neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: IMSLP — Beethoven Pathétique as later public score (https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Beethoven,_Ludwig_van (opens in a new tab); IMSLP). Independent carrier: Britannica — Beethoven piano sonatas neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ludwig-van-Beethoven (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).
Established: a sourced public record of Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work under 1799-01-01 for Ludwig van Beethoven. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work under 1799-01-01.
The contribution type is direct. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work are separate paths.
Shared responsibility is part of Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work. Naming Ludwig van Beethoven does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1799-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorLudwig van Beethoven
- contributed toFactPiano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 13 Pathétique is published as a public keyboard work. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/lvb-pathetique
https://factrail.ai/facts/lvb-pathetique
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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