Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)
The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. It has four movements:
- Allegro con brio (in C minor)
- Adagio cantabile (in A-flat major)
- Scherzo: Allegro (in C major)
- Finale: Allegro; Presto (in C minor)
The work's opening movement is the first of Beethoven's sonata first movements that does not repeat the exposition.[1] The development section contains a theme not found in the exposition (this happens in earlier compositions such as the fourth violin sonata also)[2]
The second movement was originally sketched out in G major before taking its current form.[3]
The autograph to the sonata turned up in a collection built up by H. C. Bodmer in Zurich, discovered in the mid-20th century.[4]
The work takes approximately 26 minutes to perform.
References
- ↑ Basil Lam, 'Beethoven String Quartets' (1979 edition, BBC publications; p.47)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. As the author notes, the practice of including new material in the central section of a ternary-form (sonata) movement is not a Beethoven innovation- there are examples in and preceding Mozart's music.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links
- Violin Sonata No. 7: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Performance of Violin Sonata No. 7 by Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
- Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven) at the Mutopia Project - this is for the Allegro con brio
- Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven) at the Mutopia Project - this is for the Finale
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