Violin Sonata No. 3 (Beethoven)
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The Violin Sonata No. 3 of Ludwig van Beethoven
in E-flat major, the third of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798
and dedicated to Antonio Salieri
. It has three movements
:
The work takes approximately 18 minutes to perform.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
in E-flat major, the third of his Opus 12 set, was written in 1798
1798 in music
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and dedicated to Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was a Venetian classical composer, conductor and teacher born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, but who spent his adult life and career as a faithful subject of the Habsburg monarchy....
. It has three movements
Movement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
:
- Allegro con spirito
- Adagio con molta espressione
- Rondo: Allegro molto
The work takes approximately 18 minutes to perform.
External links
- Recording by Corey Cerovsek, violin and Paavali Jumppanen, piano from the Isabella Stewart Gardner MuseumIsabella Stewart Gardner MuseumThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Fenway Court, as the museum was known during Isabella Stewart Gardner's lifetime, is a museum in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located within walking distance of the Museum of Fine Arts and near the Back Bay Fens...