Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)
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The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, is a four movement work for violin and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was first published in 1801. The work is commonly known as the Spring Sonata (Frühlingssonate), although the name "Spring" was apparently given to it after Beethoven's death.[1] The sonata was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom Beethoven also dedicated two other works of the same year—the String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 and the Violin Sonata No. 4—as well as his later Symphony No. 7 in A major.[2]
The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in the Austrian National Library.
Origin
[edit]Beethoven initially intended to pair this work with his Violin Sonata No. 4, Opus 23, and the two sonatas complement each other in both key and character.[3] However, the two were not published together and thus have different opus numbers. The reason for the separation is unknown.[4]
Structure
[edit]The work is in four movements:
The entire sonata takes approximately 22 minutes to perform.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Notes
- ^ "Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonata, King Stephan and more". ABC Classic. 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
- ^ "Beethoven's music with Opus number". Ludwig van Beethoven's website. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
- ^ Szigeti, Joseph (1965). The Ten Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Urbana, Ill. : American String Teachers Association, ©1965. p. 14. OCLC 399883. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Nettle, Paul (May 20, 2007). Beethoven Encyclopedia. Philosophical Library. pp. 295–296. ISBN 978-0806529974.
Sources
- Heeney, Eimear (2007). Beethoven's Works for Violin and Piano (PDF) (M.A.). Waterford Institute of Technology. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
- Woolf, Johathan (2016). "Review - Ferdinand Ries: Violin Sonatas (cpo)". Musicweb International. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
External links
[edit]- Violin Sonata Op. 24: Beethoven's autograph manuscript in the Austrian National Library
- Violin Sonata No. 5: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Free sheet music of Violin Sonata No. 5 from Cantorion.org
- Performance of Violin Sonata No. 5 by Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
