Complete Violin Sonatas

by Beethoven, Ludwig van

• ISBN13: 9780486262772
• ISBN10: 0486262774
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-04-01
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

All ten sonatas, including the famed Kreutzer and Spring sonatas, longtime favorites of violinists, pianists, and their audiences. Definitive Breitkopf & Hartel edition.

Author Biography

The triumphant genius of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) casts a long shadow over classical music — no other composer of the past two centuries has exercised an influence more profound than his. A product of the classicist generation, he was the first of the Romantics, and his exhilarating works remain undiminished in their powers of enchantment.

Table of Contents

"Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op.12, No. 1"
  (dedicated to Antonio Salieri)
  I: Allegro con brio
  II: Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
  III: Rondo. Allegro
"Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op.12, No. 2"
  (dedicated to Antonio Salieri)
  I: Allegro vivace
  II: "Andante, più toso Allegretto,"
  III: Allegro piacevole
"Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12., No. 3"
  (dedicated to Antonio Salieri)
  I: Allegro con spirito
  II: Adagio con molt´ espressione
  III: Rondo. Allegro molto
"Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op.23"
  (dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries)
  I: Presto
  II: "Andante scherzoso, più Allegretto"
  III: Allegretto molto
"Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major ("Spring"), Op. 24"
  (dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries)
  I: Allegro
  II: Adagio molto espressivo
  III: Scherzo. Allegro Molto
  IV: Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo
"Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1"
  (dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia)
  I: Allegro
  II: Adagio molto espressivo
  III: Allegretto con Variazioni
"Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2"
  (dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia)
  I: Allegro con brio
  II: Adagio cantabile
  III: Scherzo. Allegro
  IV: Finale. Allegro
"Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3"
  (dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia)
  I: Allegro assai
  II: Tempo di Minuetto
  III: Allegro vivace
"Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Minor ("Kreutzer"), Op. 47"
  (dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer)
  I: Adagio sostenuto-Presto
  II: Andante con Variazioni
  III: Finale. Presto
"Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96"
  (dedicated to Archduke Rudolph)
  I: Allegro moderato
  II: Adagio espressivo
  III: Scherzo. Allegro
  IV: Poco Allegretto