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Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Sonata for Pianoforte with Horn, Op. 17 in 1800 for the virtuoso horn player Giovanni Punto. It was premiered by Punto and Beethoven himself in Vienna on April 18, 1800.
The Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was composed in 1801–02 [1] by Ludwig van Beethoven. The British music scholar Donald Francis Tovey says in A Companion to Beethoven's Pianoforte Sonatas : [ 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]
The late piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven usually refer to the last five piano sonatas the composer composed during his late period. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101; Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Artur Schnabel, 1906. Austrian pianist Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record all of Ludwig van Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas. [1] The recordings were made in Abbey Road Studios in London on a C. Bechstein grand piano [2] from 1932 to 1935, [3] [4] [5] seven years after electrical recording was invented. [4]
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 13 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven) Piano Sonatas Nos. 13 and 14 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 15 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 16 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 17 ...
In music a sonata (/ s ə ˈ n ɑː t ə /; pl. sonate) [a] literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. [1]: 17 The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance.
In music, Op. 17 stands for Opus number 17. Compositions that are assigned this number include: Adès – Asyla; Beethoven – Horn Sonata; Britten – Paul Bunyan; Busoni – Concerto for Piano and String Quartet; Chopin – Mazurkas, Op. 17; Clara Schumann – Piano Trio; Dvořák – The Stubborn Lovers; Enescu – Symphony No. 2; Ginastera ...