Ludwig van Beethoven


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Violin Sonata No. 8

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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3

  • Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 - I. Allegro assai
  • Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 - II. Tempo di Menuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso
  • Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 - III. Allegro vivace

  • Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3 - Performed by the Park Sisters
    • Track 1-3: Performed by: Paul Rosenthal and Edward Auer
    Publisher: The Pandora / Goldstein Archive
    Track 4: The violin arrangement was performed and published by:
    The Park Sisters (Mi-Young Park, Violin & Pong-Hi Park, Piano)
    Source: https://parksistersmusic.com
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The Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven, the third of his Opus 30 set, was written between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. In response, Alexander gave Beethoven a diamond when they met at the Congress of Vienna, in 1814.

Structure

The sonata has three movements:

  1. Allegro assai

  2. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso – in E-flat major

  3. Allegro vivace

This sonata is characteristic of early/middle Beethoven in its solid sonata structure, just beginning to get adventurous in syncopation, with some extraordinary off beat sforzandi.

The work takes approximately 18 minutes to perform.

Notable recordings

Famous recordings of the sonata include one by Fritz Kreisler with Sergei Rachmaninoff at the piano.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No._8_(Beethoven) / License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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