Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 Op. 26
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Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26, is a four-movement work notable for its theme-and-variations opening and its famous funeral march movement.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
piano sonata
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solo piano work ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Sonata quasi una fantasia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 20 minutes ⓘ |
| associatedCity | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToGenre | keyboard sonata ⓘ |
| belongsToRepertoire | concert piano repertoire ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Op. 26 ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInBeethovenSonatas | early-middle period ⓘ |
| composer | Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| compositionDate | 1800–1801 ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | circa 1801 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | circa 1800 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Prince Karl Lichnowsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formalInnovation |
begins with a slow theme-and-variations movement instead of a sonata-allegro
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places a funeral march as the third movement ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
I. Andante con variazioni
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II. Scherzo: Allegro molto ⓘ III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe NERFINISHED ⓘ IV. Allegro ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Funeral March Sonata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 funeral march NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | A-flat major ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
funeral march third movement
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theme-and-variations first movement ⓘ |
| numberInSet | 12 ⓘ |
| openingMovementForm | theme and variations ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 26 ⓘ |
| partOf | Beethoven piano sonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Classical ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1802 ⓘ |
| publisher | Cappi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | Classical–early Romantic ⓘ |
| thirdMovementTitle | Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thirdMovementType | funeral march ⓘ |
| tonalCenterFirstMovement | A-flat major ⓘ |
| tonalCenterFourthMovement | A-flat major ⓘ |
| tonalCenterSecondMovement | A-flat major ⓘ |
| tonalCenterThirdMovement | A-flat minor ⓘ |
| usesFormInFinale | rondo-like form ⓘ |
| usesTexture | homophonic and contrapuntal textures ⓘ |
| workNumber | Piano Sonata No. 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26