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Title page of Beethoven's symphonies from the Gesamtausgabe. The list of compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consists of 722 works [1] written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until his last work just before his death in Vienna in 1827.
Beethoven Piano Sonata 28 beginning. Schiff remarked: "If I go into the next sonata it sounds like a continuation of the previous one." [14] A full performance of the sonata takes about 13–14 minutes. There are no repeats in either movement. At the time Beethoven composed the sonata, the lowest note on the piano was an F 1.
[13] John Lill sees Beethoven's struggle that permeates the first movement as physically challenging pianists performing this work; even in the opening of the sonata, for instance, there is a downward leap of a seventh in the left hand – Beethoven is making his pianists physically struggle to reach the notes. [14]
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 32 mature piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. (He also wrote 3 juvenile sonatas at the age of 13 [1] and one unfinished sonata, WoO. 51.)Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music. [2]
Prior to the creation of the Hammerklavier sonata, the year between 1807 and 1812 were considered one of Beethoven's most productive period. During that time, he composed four symphonies (No. 5 through 8), three piano sonatas (opp. 78-81a), the Piano Concerto No. 5, "Emperor", the Mass in C major, and various chamber works.
The Piano Sonata No. 31 in A ♭ major, Op. 110, by Ludwig van Beethoven was composed in 1821 and published in 1822. It is the middle piano sonata in the group of three (Opp. 109, 110, and 111) that he wrote between 1820 and 1822, and is the penultimate of his piano sonatas.