The Violin Sonata No. 4 of
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
in
A minor
A minor is a minor scale based on A, with the pitches A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Its key signature has no flats and no sharps. Its relative major is C major and its parallel major is A major.
The A natural minor scale is:
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, his Opus 23, was composed in
1801
Events
January–March
* January 1
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, published in October that year, and dedicated to
Count Moritz von Fries. It followed by one year the composition of his
first symphony, and was originally meant to be published alongside
Violin Sonata No. 5, however it was published on different sized paper, so the opus numbers had to be split. Unlike the three first sonatas, Sonata No. 4 received a favourable reception from critics.
It has three
movements:
#''Presto''
#''Andante scherzoso, più allegretto'' (in
A major
A major (or the key of A) 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. The key of A major is the only k ...
)
#''Allegro molto''
The work takes approximately 19 minutes to perform.
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Performance of Violin Sonata No. 4by
Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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1801 compositions
Compositions in A minor
Music dedicated to nobility or royalty
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