The Violin Sonata No. 6 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 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 ...
, the first of his Opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May
1803
Events
* January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris.
* January 5 – William Symington demonstrates his ...
, and dedicated to
Tsar Alexander I of Russia. It has three
movements:
# ''Allegro''
# ''Adagio molto espressivo''
# ''Allegretto con variazioni''
The work takes approximately 22 minutes to perform.
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Performance of Violin Sonata No. 6by
Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in
MP3 format
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Violin Sonata 06
1802 compositions
Compositions in A major
Music with dedications