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2 days ago · The Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31, No. 2, was composed in 1801–02 by Ludwig van Beethoven. The British music scholar Donald Francis Tovey says in A ...
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- The Classic Music
1 day ago · Discover the grandeur of Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 7, often referred to as the "Grand Sonata". Composed in 1796-1797, this son...
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- Classical Crescendo
4 days ago · By then, he had played Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor; Chopin’s F-sharp minor Nocturne, Op. 48, no. 2 and the Op. 49 Fantasy in F minor; and after intermission Brahms’ Four Ballades, Op. 10 and Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 2. In terms of the notes, this was all splendid.
3 days ago · Among his other important works from this period are the string quartets of Opus 20, the Piano Sonata in C Minor, and the symphonies in minor keys, especially the so-called Trauersymphonie in E Minor, No. 44 (“Mourning Symphony,” so named because its slow movement, which was a particular favourite of the composer, was performed at a ...
2 days ago · Commentators note that it follows along the path that Beethoven was blazing with his string quartets and piano sonatas. These works were where he was the most experimental. Listen to the 3 rd, adagio, movement of the Piano Sonata No. 29 in B♭ Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier for example.
2 days ago · Piano Sonata in Bb major, Op. 22 is composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 2, No. 3 is composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”) is composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Piano Sonata in C minor, Op. 10, No. 1 is composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
2 days ago · Beethoven became a major inspiration, and Wagner wrote a piano transcription of the 9th Symphony. He was also greatly impressed by a performance of Mozart's Requiem. Wagner's early piano sonatas and his first attempts at orchestral overtures date from this period.
