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The Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 is a three-movement work for violin and piano composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1801. It was published in October that year, and dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries .
It was inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which had itself been inspired by Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9, known as the "Kreutzer" after its dedicatee, Rodolphe Kreutzer. The premiere was given on 17 October 1924 by the Czech Quartet at a concert of the Spolek pro moderní hudbu (Contemporary Music Society) at the ...
In his later sonatas he added a third fast movement in various formats. Several of his violin sonatas feature a movement in theme and variation format. Beethoven wrote ten violin sonatas throughout his composing career. [1] His sonatas matured in both style and complexity; the Kreutzer Sonata is a work of extreme contrast. A rendition typically ...
In the composer's 1803 sketchbook, the work was titled "Sonata per il Pianoforte ed uno violino obligato in uno stile molto concertante come d’un concerto" ("Sonata for the piano and one obligatory violin in a highly concertante style like a concerto"). [1] The final movement of the work was originally written for another, earlier, sonata for ...
The Kreutzer Sonata, Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella, taking its title from Beethoven's sonata Di Kreytser sonata ( The Kreutzer Sonata ), a 1902 stage adaptation of Tolstoy's novel by Jacob Gordin String Quartet No. 1 (Janáček) , subtitled Kreutzer Sonata , Leoš Janáček's 1923 composition inspired by Tolstoy's novel
Leoš Janáček's two string quartets, String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata" (1923), inspired by Leo Tolstoy's novel The Kreutzer Sonata, itself named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata; and his second string quartet, Intimate Letters (1928) [25] Béla Bartók's six string quartets (1909, 1915–17, 1926, 1927, 1934, 1939) [25]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he ...
Op. 1 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 1 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in G major; Op. 1 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in E minor; Op. 1 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in F major; Op. 1 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in G major; Op.1 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in A major; Op. 1 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 1 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in B flat major