The Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Subtitle: History, Criticism, Performance
Contributors: Lewis Lockwood (Editor) (Editor); Mark Kroll (Editor) (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 8, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780252029325
Subjects: String instruments; Music; Music/Songbooks; History & Criticism - General; Instruction & Study - Composition; Musical Instruments - Strings; Music / Classical; Instruction & Study - Appreciation; 1770-1827; 1770-1827.; Analysis, appreciation; Beethoven, Ludwig van,; Sonatas (Violin and piano); Sonatas,; violin, piano
First sentence: Like many compositions from Beethoven's first decade in Vienna, the Opus 12 violin sonatas (in D major, A major, and Eb major) stand in the shadow of the works from his middle and late periods (figure 1.1 shows the title page to this opus).