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Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven)

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The Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor by Ludwig van Beethoven, the second of his opus 30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. It has four movements:

  1. Allegro con brio (in C minor)
  2. Adagio cantabile (in A-flat major)
  3. Scherzo: Allegro (in C major)
  4. Finale: Allegro; Presto (in C minor)

The work's opening movement is the first of Beethoven's sonata first movements that does not repeat the exposition. The development section contains a theme not found in the exposition (this happens in earlier compositions such as the fourth violin sonata also)

The second movement was originally sketched out in G major before taking its current form.

The autograph to the sonata turned up in a collection built up by H. C. Bodmer in Zurich, discovered in the mid-20th century.

The work takes approximately 26 minutes to perform.

References

Violin Sonata No. 7 (Beethoven) Wikipedia