Piano Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)
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Ludwig van Beethoven's
Piano Sonata No. 4, in E-flat major, Op. 7, sometimes nicknamed the Grand Sonata, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics
, has four movements:
A typical performance lasts about 28 minutes.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
Piano Sonata No. 4, in E-flat major, Op. 7, sometimes nicknamed the Grand Sonata, dedicated to his student Babette Countess Keglevics
House of Keglević
The House of Keglević is a Croatian noble family originally from Dalmatia, their members were pointed out in public life, also as soldiers...
, has four movements:
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
- Allegro molto e con brio in E-flat major.
- Largo, con gran espressione in C majorC majorC major is a musical major scale based on C, with pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature has no flats/sharps.Its relative minor is A minor, and its parallel minor is C minor....
. - Allegro in E-flat major and E flat minorE flat minorE minor or e-flat minor is a minor scale based on E-flat, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. In the harmonic minor, the D is raised to D. Its key signature consists of six flats ....
. - Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso in E flat major.
A typical performance lasts about 28 minutes.
External links
- A lecture by András SchiffAndrás SchiffAndrás Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist, who has won a number of awards including the Grammy and made numerous recordings.- Biography :...
on Beethoven's piano sonata op. 7 - For a public domain recording of this sonata visit Musopen
- European Archive Copyright free LP recording of the Sonata no.4 op.7 in Eb major by Hugo Steurer, piano at the European Archive (for non-American viewers only).