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Beethoven, indeed, is credited with composing one of the first cello sonatas with a written-out piano part. [1] The Op. 5 sonatas are the first two examples of fully developed cello sonatas in the modern tradition. [2] Both of these sonatas are in two movements, with an extended Adagio introduction preceding the opening Allegro of both of them.
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]
From 1925 onward, Prokofiev’s status as a composer grew, with his 1942 Piano Sonata No. 7 receiving the Stalin Prize (Second Class). Prior to composing his Fifth Symphony, Prokofiev relocated to Moscow as a result of his increasing reliance on financial support from the Soviet Union and their threat of revoking their contributions.