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The Kreutzer Sonata ( Russian: Крейцерова соната, Kreitzerova Sonata) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Russian authorities. The work is an argument for the ideal of sexual abstinence and an in-depth first-person description of jealous rage.
- Leo Tolstoy
- 118 (Pollard's 1890 English edition)
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- 1889
Title page of an original edition of the Kreutzer Sonata. The Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, by Ludwig van Beethoven, is an 1803 sonata for piano and violin notable for its technical difficulty, unusual length (around 40 minutes), and emotional scope. It is commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata ( German: Kreutzer-Sonate) after the ...
Sep 21, 2022 · The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories, by Leo Tolstoy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
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Sep 27, 2018 · September 27, 2018. Rodolphe Kreutzer. History unfolds in mysterious ways. When Beethoven dedicated his ninth violin sonata to Rodolphe Kreutzer in 1805, the violinist was already internationally renowned for his virtuosity and celebrated for a new style of violin playing characterized by a full tone and legato (singing) style.
The Kreutzer Sonata. Leo Tolstoy, Doris Lessing (Introduction), Isai Kamen (Translator) 3.87. 30,261 ratings2,327 reviews. When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder.
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The Kreutzer Sonata (1886) by Leo Tolstoy is a novella that engages with contemporary debates on morality and gender politics and presents an argument in favor of sexual abstinence. Tolstoy’s realist fiction works reflect and critique Late Imperial Russian high society and weigh in on contemporary moral and philosophical debates.
Jun 6, 2016 · According to Berlioz, Kreutzer considered Beethoven 'unintelligble'. However, his name in all the unfairness of history, remains linked to the sonata. Every violinist who has ever performed the 'Kreutzer' Sonata recognises the lack of equipoise and symmetry between movements of this work.
