Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest"
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Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most dramatic and frequently performed piano sonatas, renowned for its turbulent character and emotional intensity.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" canonical | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" Context triple: [Beethoven piano sonatas, hasPart, Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest"]
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Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
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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Piano Sonata in E-flat minor
Piano Sonata in E-flat minor is a large-scale, virtuosic and structurally ambitious work for solo piano by French composer Paul Dukas, noted for its dense textures and symphonic character.
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 is a large-scale, virtuosic and emotionally intense piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, noted for its sweeping Romantic lyricism and technical demands.
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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most famous and frequently performed piano works, renowned for its hauntingly lyrical first movement and innovative, emotionally charged structure.
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Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major is a powerful and rhythmically driven piano work by Sergei Prokofiev, renowned as one of his three "War Sonatas" and a landmark of 20th-century piano repertoire.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" Target entity description: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "Tempest" is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most dramatic and frequently performed piano sonatas, renowned for its turbulent character and emotional intensity.
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A.
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
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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B.
Piano Sonata in E-flat minor
Piano Sonata in E-flat minor is a large-scale, virtuosic and structurally ambitious work for solo piano by French composer Paul Dukas, noted for its dense textures and symphonic character.
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C.
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 is a large-scale, virtuosic and emotionally intense piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff, noted for its sweeping Romantic lyricism and technical demands.
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D.
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight"
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s most famous and frequently performed piano works, renowned for its hauntingly lyrical first movement and innovative, emotionally charged structure.
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E.
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major
Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major is a powerful and rhythmically driven piano work by Sergei Prokofiev, renowned as one of his three "War Sonatas" and a landmark of 20th-century piano repertoire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | piano sonata ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionEndYear | 1802 ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionStartYear | 1801 ⓘ |
| approximateDurationMinutes | 25 ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGroup | three piano sonatas Op. 31 GENERATED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Op. 31 No. 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedication | no known dedication ⓘ |
| famousFor |
dramatic opening movement
ⓘ
frequent performance in piano repertoire ⓘ innovative use of recitative-like passages ⓘ |
| firstMovementKey | D minor ⓘ |
| firstMovementTitle | Largo – Allegro ⓘ |
| followedBy | Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| hasFormFirstMovement | sonata form ⓘ |
| hasFormSecondMovement | ternary-like form ⓘ |
| hasFormThirdMovement | sonata-rondo form ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Beethoven’s evolving middle-period style ⓘ |
| inKeyOfCycle | D minor ⓘ |
| instrumentation | solo piano ⓘ |
| key | D minor ⓘ |
| keyArea | minor key ⓘ |
| languageOfNickname | English ⓘ |
| movementCount | 3 ⓘ |
| nickname | Tempest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
dramatic contrasts
ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ turbulent character ⓘ |
| numberInBeethovenPianoSonatas | 17 ⓘ |
| opusGroup | Op. 31 piano sonatas ⓘ |
| period | middle period of Beethoven ⓘ |
| placeInRepertoire | standard piano repertoire ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1803 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bureau des arts et d'industrie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondMovementKey | B-flat major ⓘ |
| secondMovementTitle | Adagio ⓘ |
| stylePeriod |
Classical
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early Romantic ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingFirstMovement | Largo – Allegro ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingSecondMovement | Adagio ⓘ |
| tempoMarkingThirdMovement | Allegretto ⓘ |
| thirdMovementKey | D minor ⓘ |
| thirdMovementTitle | Allegretto ⓘ |
| workOf | Ludwig van Beethoven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workSeries | Beethoven piano sonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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