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  2. Piano sonatas (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Piano Sonata No. 30 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, composed in 1820, is the third-to-last of his piano sonatas. In it, after the huge Hammerklavier Sonata, Op. 106 , Beethoven returns to a smaller scale and a more intimate character.

  4. Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    It then swiftly ascends, followed by a three-note descent in the middle register and a four-note descent in the upper. This phrase is then repeated starting on B ♭ major – a whole tone lower – a device Beethoven also used for the opening of the Sonata No. 16 in G Major (Op. 31 No. 1). [3]

  5. Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Piano Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2, No. 3, was written in 1795 and dedicated to Joseph Haydn. It was published simultaneously with his first and second sonatas in 1796 . The sonata is often referred to as one of Beethoven's earliest "grand and virtuosic" piano sonatas. [ 1 ]

  7. Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    The beginning of the first movement. Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning "passionate" in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the Waldstein, Op. 53 and Les Adieux, Op. 81a); it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and Beethoven dedicated it to cellist ...

  8. Piano Sonata No. 22 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54, was written in 1804. It is contemporary to the first sketches of the Symphony No. 5 in C Minor . It is one of Beethoven's lesser known sonatas, overshadowed by its widely known neighbours, the Waldstein and the Appassionata .

  9. Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven) - Wikipedia

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    The Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun, one of his patrons at that time. It was composed in 1798 and arranged for string quartet by the composer in 1801 ( Hess 34), the result containing more quartet-like passagework and in the more comfortable ...