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:
- Allegro con brio (in C minor)
- Adagio cantabile (in A-flat major)
- Scherzo: Allegro (in C major)
- 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(Text) CC BY-SA