Violin Sonata No. 1 (Beethoven)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major
is a violin sonata
from his Opus 12 set, along with his Violin Sonata No. 2
and Violin Sonata No. 3
. It was written in 1798
and dedicated to Antonio Salieri
. It has three movements
:
A typical performance lasts approximately 20 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...
's Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major
D major
D major is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature consists of two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor....
is a violin sonata
Sonata
Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
from his Opus 12 set, along with his Violin Sonata No. 2
Violin Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)
The Violin Sonata No. 2 of Ludwig van Beethoven in A major, the second of his Opus 12 set , was written in 1797-8 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri...
and Violin Sonata No. 3
Violin Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
The Violin Sonata No. 3 of Ludwig van Beethoven in E-flat major, the third of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798 and dedicated to Antonio Salieri. It has three movements:#Allegro con spirito#Adagio con molta espressione#Rondo: Allegro molto...
. It was written in 1798
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and dedicated to Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
. It has three 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 con brio
- Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto
- Rondo: Allegro
A typical performance lasts approximately 20 minutes.
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External links
- Performance of Violin Sonata No. 1 by Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Fenway Court, as the museum was known during Isabella Stewart Gardner's lifetime, is a museum in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located within walking distance of the Museum of Fine Arts and near the Back Bay Fens...
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