Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"

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musical composition piano sonata

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" is one of Beethoven’s most celebrated and emotionally intense piano sonatas, renowned for its dramatic contrasts, technical demands, and profound expressive depth.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57	4
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" canonical	3
Sonata for Piano No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical composition ⓘ piano sonata ⓘ
approximateDuration	23–30 minutes ⓘ
catalogNumber	Op. 57 ⓘ
composer	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
composerNationality	German ⓘ
compositionEndDate	1805 ⓘ
compositionStartDate	1804 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Count Franz von Brunswick ⓘ
eraWithinBeethovenOutput	middle period ⓘ
famousInterpreter	Alfred Brendel ⓘ Artur Schnabel ⓘ Daniel Barenboim ⓘ Sviatoslav Richter ⓘ Vladimir Horowitz ⓘ Wilhelm Kempff ⓘ
firstMovementKey	F minor ⓘ
genre	piano sonata ⓘ
inBeethovenPianoSonataCycle	Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ surface form: Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
key	F minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
movement	I. Allegro assai ⓘ II. Andante con moto ⓘ III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto ⓘ
nickname	Appassionata ⓘ
nicknameMeaning	impassioned ⓘ
notableFeature	dramatic dynamic contrasts ⓘ high technical difficulty for the performer ⓘ intense emotional character ⓘ theme and variations in the second movement ⓘ turbulent finale with coda marked Presto ⓘ use of sonata form in the first movement ⓘ
numberOfMovements	3 ⓘ
opusSequence	follows Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 ⓘ precedes Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 ⓘ
period	Classical ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Vienna ⓘ
publicationDate	1807 ⓘ
reception	considered one of Beethoven’s greatest piano sonatas ⓘ regarded as a pinnacle of the piano repertoire ⓘ
relatedWork	Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 ⓘ surface form: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (similar dramatic character)
secondMovementKey	D-flat major ⓘ
stylePeriod	early Romantic ⓘ late Classical ⓘ
thirdMovementKey	F minor ⓘ
title	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
workNumber	No. 23 ⓘ

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Subject: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
Description of subject: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" is one of Beethoven’s most celebrated and emotionally intense piano sonatas, renowned for its dramatic contrasts, technical demands, and profound expressive depth.

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ludwig van Beethoven → notableWork → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" → title → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57

Beethoven piano sonatas → hasPart → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

Beethoven piano sonatas → notableWork → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

Appassionata → title → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57

Appassionata → originalTitle → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sonata for Piano No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57

III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto → partOf → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57

Count Franz von Brunswick → dedicateeOf → Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" ⓘ

this entity surface form: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57