WoO 56 – Bagatelle No. 5 in C Major for Piano – Allegretto.

Composed in early 1804. First published in the Supplement to the Gesamtausgabe (GA) in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Härtel, 1888. GA No. 297/2 (Series 25/34-2) Biamonti 280 Kinsky-Halm (WoO) 56 P. 72/2. Manuscript Status: The original manuscript is preserved in the library of the Paris Conservatory. The indication “No. 5”—possibly referring to a planned collection of Bagatelles—is written in pencil at the beginning of the first page.  Sketches: A sketch cited by Nottebohm is found in the Eroica sketchbook, among those for: The Rondo of the Sonata Op. 53. The aria of Marcellina in Fidelio.