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Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old and was published in 1799. It has remained one of his most celebrated compositions. [1] Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. [2]
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]
Piano Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 11 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat Major Op. 26 "Funeral March" Piano Sonata No. 13 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
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During the Classical era, C minor was used infrequently and often for works of a particularly turbulent cast. [citation needed] Mozart, for instance, wrote only very few works in this key, but they are among his most dramatic ones (the twenty-fourth piano concerto, the fourteenth piano sonata, the Masonic Funeral Music, the Adagio and Fugue in C minor and the Great Mass in C minor, for instance).
The late piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven usually refer to the last five piano sonatas the composer composed during his late period. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101; Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Beethoven was writing in a form usually attempted by older, more mature composers, [4] as the sonata was a cornerstone of Classical piano literature. Since they were written at such an early age (and Beethoven himself did not assign them opus numbers), the works have historically been omitted from the canon of Beethoven's piano sonatas.
Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven), in C minor (Op.13), titled Pathétique by Beethoven; Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky), in B minor (Op.74), also titled Pathétique by the composer's younger brother, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky