Violin Sonata No. 9

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chamber music work violin sonata

Violin Sonata No. 9, commonly known as the "Kreutzer" Sonata, is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most celebrated and technically demanding works for violin and piano.

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Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music work ⓘ
violin sonata ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kreutzer Sonata NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 47 ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionPeriod middle period of Beethoven ⓘ
compositionYear 1802 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Rodolphe Kreutzer NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicationNote dedicated to the French violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer ⓘ
difficulty technically demanding ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1805 ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
historicalEra Classical period ⓘ
early Romantic period ⓘ
influenced Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leo Tolstoy’s novella "The Kreutzer Sonata" NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrumentation piano ⓘ
violin ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
languageOfTitle Italian ⓘ
movement Adagio sostenuto – Presto ⓘ
Andante con variazioni ⓘ
Presto ⓘ
notableFeature large scale compared to earlier violin sonatas by Beethoven ⓘ
one of Beethoven’s most celebrated violin sonatas ⓘ
numberOfMovements 3 ⓘ
opusGroup Beethoven violin sonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalDedicatee George Bridgetower NERFINISHED ⓘ
performancePractice often performed in violin–piano recitals ⓘ
premiereCountry Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereLocation Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
premierePerformer George Bridgetower NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ
premiereYear 1803 ⓘ
publisher Bureau des arts et d’industrie NERFINISHED ⓘ
reputation cornerstone of violin repertoire ⓘ
noted for dramatic contrasts and intensity ⓘ
structure fast–slow–fast ⓘ
style concertante ⓘ
tonalCenterFirstMovement A major ⓘ
tonalCenterSecondMovement F major ⓘ
tonalCenterThirdMovement A major ⓘ
workTitle Sonata per il Pianoforte ed un Violino obligato in uno stile molto concertante quasi come d’un concerto NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata → catalogNumber → Violin Sonata No. 9 ⓘ
subject surface form: Kreutzer Sonata
Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata → title → Violin Sonata No. 9 ⓘ
subject surface form: Kreutzer Sonata
this entity surface form: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, by Ludwig van Beethoven → workNumber → Violin Sonata No. 9 ⓘ
subject surface form: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47