Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. posth. 80, was written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...

 in 1865 during his last year as a student at St Petersburg Conservatory.

Tchaikovsky transposed and orchestrated the third movement of the sonata to create the scherzo of his Symphony No. 1 in G minor

Symphony No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote his Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Winter Daydreams , Op. 13, in 1866, just after he accepted a professorship at the Moscow Conservatory: it is the composer's earliest notable work. The composer's brother Modest claimed this work cost Tchaikovsky more labor and suffering...

, Op. 13.

The Sonata in its original form was not published in Tchaikovsky's lifetime. It was published in 1900 by Jurgenson, and given the posthumous opus number 80.

Movements

1. Allegro con fuoco (C-sharp minor) 4/4
2. Andante (A major
   A major
   A major is a major scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has three sharps.Its relative minor is F-sharp minor and its parallel minor is A minor...
   
   ) 3/4
3. Allegro vivo (C-sharp minor) 3/8
4. Allegro vivo (C-sharp minor) 2/2

The Sonata ends rather curiously in the tonic key's enharmonic equivalent major, D-flat.

External links

Score on IMSLP