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Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, 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. [1] Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. [2]
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 32 mature piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. (He also wrote 3 juvenile sonatas at the age of 13 [1] and one unfinished sonata, WoO. 51.)Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music. [2]
Like Mozart's, Beethoven's musical talent was recognized at a young age, [3] and these three piano sonatas give an early glimpse of the composer's abilities, as well as his boldness. Beethoven was writing in a form usually attempted by older, more mature composers, [4] as the sonata was a cornerstone of Classical piano literature. Since they ...
Allegro (E-flat major), 4 4; Adagio cantabile (A-flat major), 34; Scherzo. Allegro assai (E-flat major, with trio in A-flat major), 3 4; Finale. Presto (E-flat major), 2 4; The first movement opens with an ascending arpeggiated figure (a so-called Mannheim Rocket, like that opening the first movement of the composer's own Piano Sonata no 1, Opus 2 no 1), [3]
Beethoven's sketches for the first, second, and final movements survive, but the original autograph copy is lost. [2] [3] The sonata was published separately from its more famous companion, Op. 27 No. 2 (the "Moonlight" Sonata), but at the same time, [4] by Cappi in Vienna; the first advertisements for the work appeared 3 March 1802. [2]
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven), in C minor (Op.13), titled Pathétique by Beethoven; Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky), in B minor (Op.74), also titled Pathétique by the composer's younger brother, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 5 is a first-period composition, anticipating more notable C minor works such as the Pathétique Sonata and the Fifth Symphony in its nervous energy. Like all three sonatas of his Op. 10, it is dedicated to Anna Margarete von Browne, the wife of one of Beethoven's patrons, a Russian diplomat in Vienna. [1]
A recent evaluation opines that the sonata shares stylistic characteristics with the Piano Sonatas, WoO 47, Nos. 1–3. [ 3 ] While Alexander Thayer believed that the sonata was a complete three movement work by 1796, at the time of Beethoven's death the manuscript copy only contained the complete first movement and an incomplete second movement.