"Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning ""passionate"" in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the ""Waldstein"", Op. 53 and ""Les Adieux"", Op. 81a); it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna. Unlike the early Sonata No. 8, ""Pathétique"", the ""Appassionata"" was not named during the composer's lifetime, but was so labelled in 1838 by"
"Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 and 14 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's opus number 27 is a set of two piano sonatas. They were published separately in March 1802. Both sonatas are entitled ""Sonata quasi una Fantasia"", which roughly translated as sonatas in the style of a fantasia. The second sonata is one of the most famous piano works in the repertoire and often called the ""Moonlight sonata"", a contentious name not given by the composer himself. The first sonata remains far less performed than the second and the two sonatas are not commonly performed together. They are named so for their"
"Piano Sonata No. 22 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54, was written in 1804. It is contemporary to the first sketches of the Symphony No. 5 in C Minor. It is one of Beethoven's lesser known sonatas, overshadowed by its widely known neighbours, the ""Waldstein"" and the ""Appassionata"".<br> The sonata consists of just two movements: The Sonata is remarkable in its concision, a precursor in some ways to the Sonata in E Major, Opus 109. The two movements present opposite faces on many levels: Donald Tovey writes: French musicologist Georges Kan says the"
"triplets with eighth notes, whereas the invention-like third movement consists of sixteenth notes that makes it more lively, closer to Baroque styles. The second movement is closer to the Romantic style of Beethoven, who, in Stravinsky's estimation, was one of the ""greatest musical geniuses""; therefore, the ornamentation of the melody is more dense, which is unlike Stravinsky's simple and direct compositional style employed in the prior movement. Piano Sonata (Stravinsky) The Piano Sonata, sometimes also referred to as Sonata for Piano or in its original French form, Sonate pour piano, is a 1924 piano sonata by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky."
"Piano Sonata No. 25 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It is alternatively titled ""Cuckoo"" or ""Sonatina"". It consists of three movements: It is one of Beethoven's shortest sonatas with an approximate performance time of only eleven minutes, if Beethoven's prescribed repeats are all observed. It is also the shortest of his sonatas with three movements. The first movement opens forcefully with a three-note motif (G–B–G) heard frequently throughout the movement. The second theme group in D major is based on fast scale and arpeggio passages and"
"has performed a Schenkerian analysis of facets of chords of the sonata. The sonata consists of four movements: The form of the entire sonata is unusual because it does not have a slow movement. Piano Sonata No. 18 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 18 in E major, Op. 31, No. 3, is a sonata for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, the third and last of his Op. 31 piano sonatas. The work dates from 1802. The sonata was given the nickname ""The Hunt"" by a third party due to one of its themes being reminiscent of a horn call."
"Piano Sonata No. 18 (Beethoven) The Piano Sonata No. 18 in E major, Op. 31, No. 3, is a sonata for solo piano by Ludwig van Beethoven, the third and last of his Op. 31 piano sonatas. The work dates from 1802. The sonata was given the nickname ""The Hunt"" by a third party due to one of its themes being reminiscent of a horn call. A playful jocularity is maintained throughout the piece. However, as with many of Beethoven's early works, the 'jocular' style can be heard as a facade, concealing profound ideas and depths of emotion. Roger Kamien"
"Symphony No. 23 (Haydn) Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 23 in G major, Hoboken I/23, in 1764. The work is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, and strings with continuo. The symphony is in four movements: The slow movement is scored for strings only and contains numerous five-note thirty-second-note slides in the lower strings. In the Minuet, Haydn writes the movement as a canon between the higher voices (violins and oboes) and lower voices (violas and cellos) at an interval of a single bar. Haydn had written such a canon in the minuet of his third symphony and similar"
"Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 in B major, Op. 106 (known as the ""Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier"", or more simply as the Hammerklavier) is a piano sonata that is widely viewed as one of the most important works of the composer's third period and among the greatest piano sonatas of all time. Completed in 1818, it is often considered to be Beethoven's most technically challenging piano composition and one of the most demanding solo works in the classical piano repertoire. The first documented public performance was in 1836 by Franz Liszt in"
"Symphony No. 23 (Michael Haydn) Michael Haydn's Symphony No. 23 in D major, Perger 43, Sherman 22, Sherman-adjusted 23, MH 287, is believed to have been written in Salzburg around 1779. It was attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Ludwig von Köchel's original catalog as K. 291. Scored for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings, in three movements: The slow movement begins in D minor, sans winds at first. The oboes and horns come in with the change to D major. The third movement was at first mistaken by Köchel for a work of Mozart's. Mozart did in"
"Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. The name Pastoral or Pastorale became known through A. Cranz publishing of Beethoven's work, but was first coined by a London publisher, Broderip & Wilkinson. While not as famous as its immediate predecessor, Piano Sonata No. 14, it is generally admired for its intricate technicality as well as for its beauty. The sonata takes roughly twenty-five minutes to play with its intended repeats. Published in 1801, the work is dedicated to the Count Joseph von Sonnenfels. The sonata"
"Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as , was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799. It has remained one of his most celebrated compositions. Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. Although commonly thought to be one of the few works to be named by the composer himself, it was actually named """" (to Beethoven's liking) by the publisher, who was impressed by the sonata's tragic sonorities. Prominent musicologists debate whether or not the"
"and harmonic texture. The coda, played a little faster than the allegro (""Più allegro""), can be termed as the only 'virtuoso' passage in the whole sonata. It has been debated whether the title ‘pastoral’ refers to the sense of countryside and nature (the 6th symphony pastoral sense), or to its sense of calm, simplicity and lightness. Beethoven's publishers had a tendency to name his sonatas without consulting Beethoven himself. Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. The name Pastoral or Pastorale became known through A."
"the surprise ending being anticipated."" H. C. Robbins Landon believes this may be ""the first positive example of Haydn's famous sense of humour."" Symphony No. 23 (Haydn) Joseph Haydn wrote Symphony No. 23 in G major, Hoboken I/23, in 1764. The work is scored for 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, and strings with continuo. The symphony is in four movements: The slow movement is scored for strings only and contains numerous five-note thirty-second-note slides in the lower strings. In the Minuet, Haydn writes the movement as a canon between the higher voices (violins and oboes) and lower voices (violas and"
"""Es"" in German and is pronounced as ""S"", that makes E–(L)–(I)–S–E: E–(L)–(I)–E–E, which by enharmonic equivalents sounds the same as the written notes E–(L)–(I)–D–E. <score lang=""lilypond"" vorbis=""1""> \new PianoStaff « » </score> Für Elise Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (WoO59, Bia515) for solo piano, commonly known as ""Für Elise"" (, English: ""For Elise""), is one of Ludwig van Beethoven's most popular compositions. It was not published during his lifetime, only being discovered (by Ludwig Nohl) forty years after his death, and may be termed either a ""Bagatelle"" or an . The identity of ""Elise"" is unknown; researchers have suggested"
"in some publicity when the Dutch journal ""De Telegraaf"" pitted Feinberg's composition against the Piano Sonata of Igor Stravinsky, who was also in attendance of the festival. The 6th sonata encompasses a single movement, usually lasting around 15 minutes Piano Sonata No. 6 (Feinberg) The Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 13, by Samuil Feinberg was composed in 1923. The piece received its premiere on 4 September 1925 at the Festival of Contemporary Music in Venice. Its premiere was attended by famous composers of the time such as Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg. Feinberg's composition was well-received, and would remain his"
"in D minor VR 23 - Trio Sonata in A major VR 24 - Trio Sonata in B flat major, Op. 1 No.3 VR 25 - Trio Sonata in G minor, Op. 1 No.4 VR 26 - Trio Sonata in D major, Op. 1 No.5 VR 27 - Trio Sonata in C major, Op. 1 No.6 VR 28 - Symphony in G major VR 29 - Symphony in F major VR 30 - Symphony in D major VR 31 - Symphony in C major VR 32 - Symphony in E flat major VR 33 - Symphony in F major VR"
"intensity. The British musicologist Richard Wigmore calls the sonata ""Haydn's Appassionata"", referring to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57. The music critic Stephen Plaistow, writing in Gramophone, suggests that the sonata is ""one of Haydn’s best and perhaps also the first great sonata for the piano by anybody"". The sonata is in three movements: The first movement is in sonata form. The movement's exposition and recapitulation are in tripartite structures, the parts of which the Finnish musicologist Lauri Suurpää classifies as ""initiating, medial and concluding"". In the exposition, the initiating passage is from measures 1 to 8, the medial"
"Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven) Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 11 in B major, Op. 22, was composed in 1800, and published two years later. Beethoven regarded it as the best of his early sonatas, though some of its companions in the cycle have been at least as popular with the public. Prominent musicologist Donald Francis Tovey has called this work the crowning achievement and culmination of Beethoven's early ""grand"" piano sonatas.(The ""grand"" modifier was applied by Beethoven to sonatas with four movements instead of three.) Subsequent sonatas find Beethoven experimenting more with form and concept. The sonata has four movements:"
"Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the antepenultimate of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge ""Hammerklavier"" Sonata, Op. 106, Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character. It is dedicated to Maximiliane Brentano, the daughter of Beethoven's long-standing friend Antonie Brentano, for whom Beethoven had already composed the short Piano Trio in B major WoO 39 in 1812. Musically, the work is characterised by a free and original approach to the traditional sonata form. Its focus is the third movement,"
"solo compositions (performances typically take about 45 to 50 minutes). While orchestral works such as symphonies and concerti had often contained movements of 15 or even 20 minutes for many years, few single movements in solo literature had a span such as the ""Hammerklavier""'s third movement. The sonata's name comes from Beethoven's later practice of using German rather than Italian words for musical terminology. (""Hammerklavier"" literally means ""hammer-keyboard"", and is still today the German name for the fortepiano, the predecessor of the modern pianoforte.) It comes from the title page of the work, ""Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier"", which means"
"Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A major, Op. 26, in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony. He dedicated the sonata to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, who had been his patron since 1792. Consisting of four movements, the sonata takes around 20–22 minutes to perform. The structure of the sonata is unconventional in that the piece opens with a relatively slow movement in the format of theme and variations. The third movement incorporates a funeral march, clearly anticipating the watershed of the Eroica Symphony that Beethoven"
"Piano Sonata No. 26 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E major, Op. 81a, known as the Les Adieux sonata, was written during the years 1809 and 1810. The title """" implies a programmatic nature. The French attack on Vienna, led by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1809, forced Beethoven's patron, Archduke Rudolph, to leave the city. Yet, there is some uncertainty about this nature of the piece — or at least, about the degree to which Beethoven wished this programmatic nature would be known. He titled the three movements """", """", and """", and reportedly regarded the French"
"Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven) The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is often known as the ""Spring Sonata"" (""Frühlingssonate""), and was published in 1801. It was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom Beethoven also dedicated two other works of the same year—the C major string quintet and the fourth violin sonata—as well as his later seventh symphony. The work is in four movements: The ""Scherzo"" and its trio are particularly brief. The entire sonata takes approximately 22 minutes to perform. The name ""Spring"
"Piano Sonata No. 2 is Chopin's famous funeral march () which was composed at least two years before the remainder of the work and has remained, by itself, one of Chopin’s most popular compositions. The Piano Sonata No. 2 carries allusions and reminiscences of music by Bach and by Beethoven; Beethoven's twelfth piano sonata also has a funeral march as its third movement. A typical performance of Chopin's second sonata lasts between 21 and 25 minutes, depending on whether the repetition of the first movement's exposition is observed. While the Piano Sonata No. 2 gained instant popularity with the public,"
"Piano Sonata (Stravinsky) The Piano Sonata, sometimes also referred to as Sonata for Piano or in its original French form, Sonate pour piano, is a 1924 piano sonata by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky composed this sonata when he was in Biarritz and Nice in the summer of 1924. He finished it on October 21 that year. It was premiered by the composer himself at the Donaueschingen Festival in July 1925. It was eventually edited by Albert Spalding and published by Boosey & Hawkes in 1925. It is dedicated to the Princess Edmond de Polignac, Winnaretta Singer. The sonata is"
"experience."" The work comprises a single sonata form movement marked ""Allegro"". It takes approximately 10 minutes to perform The sonata form structure is notable for a discursive exposition incorporating numerous themes. Sonatensatz, D 28 (Schubert) The Sonatensatz in B-flat major D. 28, also known as Piano Trio in B-flat major, is a single-movement work for piano trio by Franz Schubert. This work was written in 1812, immediately after the fifteen-year-old composer lost his place in Vienna's Imperial Chapel Choir due to his voice breaking. Schubert spent most of the August composing this work, his first ever composition for strings and"
"Suite for Piano (Schoenberg) Arnold Schoenberg's Suite for Piano (German: ), Op. 25, is a twelve tone piece for piano composed between 1921 and 1923. The work is the earliest in which Schoenberg employs a row of ""12 tones related only to one another"" in every movement: the earlier ""5 Stücke"", Op. 23 (1920–23) employs a 12-tone row only in the final Waltz movement, and the ""Serenade"", Op. 24 uses a single row in its central ""Sonnet"". The Basic Set of the ""Suite for Piano"" consists of the following succession: E–F–G–D–G–E–A–D–B–C–A–B. In form and style the work echoes many features"
"in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, for example his organ trios, BWV 525–30, and three-part inventions, or Sinfonias, BWV 787–801 . ""Trio"" also occurs in the name for the musical form trio sonata, which was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries. A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name ""trio sonata"". However, because the basso continuo is usually made up of at least two instruments (typically a cello or bass viol and a keyboard instrument such as the harpsichord), performances of trio sonatas typically"
"for instance) and with a central section whose opening in F sharp minor is interrupted by a clarinet tune in D major, an intrusion that, according to Girdlestone, reminds one that instrumental music at the time was informed by opera buffa and its sudden changes of point of view as well as of scene. Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) is a composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, two months prior to the premiere of"
"Piano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, is a sonata written for solo piano, composed in 1795. It is dedicated to Joseph Haydn and is often referred to as Beethoven's first virtuosic piano sonata. The three Op. 2 sonatas all contain four movements each, an unusual length which seems to show that Beethoven was aspiring towards composing a symphony. It is both the weightiest and longest of the three Op. 2 sonatas, lasting over 25 minutes, presenting many difficulties, including difficult trills, awkward hand movements, and forearm rotation."
"Piano Sonata No. 16 (Mozart) The Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K. 545, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was described by Mozart himself in his own thematic catalogue as ""for beginners"", and it is sometimes known by the nickname Sonata facile or Sonata semplice. Mozart added the work to his catalogue on June 26, 1788, the same date as his Symphony No. 39. The exact circumstances of the work's composition are not known, however. Although the piece is well-known today, it was not published in Mozart's lifetime and first appeared in print in 1805. A typical performance takes about"
"variazioni"". Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A major, Op. 26, in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony. He dedicated the sonata to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, who had been his patron since 1792. Consisting of four movements, the sonata takes around 20–22 minutes to perform. The structure of the sonata is unconventional in that the piece opens with a relatively slow movement in the format of theme and variations. The third movement incorporates a funeral march, clearly anticipating the watershed of the Eroica Symphony that"