Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)

Beethoven's musical work known as "Spring Sonata"

The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, is a four movement work for violin and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was first published in 1801. The work is commonly known as the Spring Sonata (Frühlingssonate), although the name "Spring" was apparently given to it after Beethoven's death. The sonata was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom Beethoven also dedicated two other works of the same year—the String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 and the Violin Sonata No. 4—as well as his later Symphony No. 7 in A major.

The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in the Austrian National Library.

Origin

Beethoven initially intended to pair this work with his Violin Sonata No. 4, Opus 23, and the two sonatas complement each other in both key and character. However, the two were not published together and thus have different opus numbers. The reason for the separation is unknown.

Structure

The work is in four movements:

Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

The entire sonata takes approximately 22 minutes to perform.

References

Notes

"Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonata, King Stephan and more". ABC Classic. 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
"Beethoven's music with Opus number". Ludwig van Beethoven's website. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
Szigeti, Joseph (1965). The Ten Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin. Urbana, Ill. : American String Teachers Association, ©1965. p. 14. OCLC 399883. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
Nettle, Paul (May 20, 2007). Beethoven Encyclopedia. Philosophical Library. pp. 295–296. ISBN 978-0806529974.

Sources

Heeney, Eimear (2007). Beethoven's Works for Violin and Piano (PDF) (M.A.). Waterford Institute of Technology. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.
Woolf, Johathan (2016). "Review - Ferdinand Ries: Violin Sonatas (cpo)". Musicweb International. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

External links

Violin Sonata Op. 24: Beethoven's autograph manuscript in the Austrian National Library
Violin Sonata No. 5: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Free sheet music of Violin Sonata No. 5 from Cantorion.org
Performance of Violin Sonata No. 5 by Corey Cerovsek (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

v t e Duo sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin	Violin Sonata in A major, Hess 46 (fragmentary work) No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1 No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 No. 2 No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3 No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 (Spring) No. 6 in A major, Op. 30 No. 1 No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3 No. 9 in A minor, Op. 47 (Kreutzer) No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Cello	No. 1 in F major, Op. 5 No. 1 No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2 No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 No. 5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2
Horn	Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17
Flute	Flute Sonata in B-flat major, Anh. 4 (doubtful)

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