Piano_Sonata_No._24_(Beethoven) Knowpia

The Piano Sonata No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78, nicknamed "à Thérèse" (because it was written for Countess Thérèse von Brunswick) was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of two movements:

I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo

II. Allegro vivace

Played by Artur Schnabel in 1932

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Adagio cantabile — Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro vivace

A typical performance takes about 8-9 minutes. The common practice of leaving out long repeated sections, such as the development and recapitulation in the first movement, would make two or three minutes' difference to the total duration. The second movement is a variation to the ending of the popular patriots song "Rule, Britannia!".

According to Carl Czerny, Beethoven himself singled out this sonata and the "Appassionata" Sonata as favourites (once written, the "Hammerklavier" Sonata" would also become one of Beethoven's favourites).^[1]^[2]

Structure edit

I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo edit

II. Allegro vivace edit

Notes edit

^ Forbes, Elliot (1967). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 297, 407. ISBN 0-691-02717-X.
^ Solomon, Maynard (1977). Beethoven. Shirmer Books. ISBN 9780028724607.

External links edit

A lecture by András Schiff on Beethoven's piano sonata Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 24: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Recording by Paavali Jumppanen, piano from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

[1] Forbes, Elliot (1967). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 297, 407. ISBN 0-691-02717-X.

[2] Solomon, Maynard (1977). Beethoven. Shirmer Books. ISBN 9780028724607.

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Summary

Structure edit

I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo edit

II. Allegro vivace edit

Notes edit

External links edit