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Scan 25
The Violin Music Of Beethoven, 1902
13 lines. Read by computer on 23 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1The Rondo of the A major sonata is idyllic in character. This is more exuberant, and from the beginning to the end its irresistible gaiety is maintained.
3The three sonatas constituting Op. 12 are just exactly a century old; an advertisement in a Viennese paper showing that they were in print in January 1799; probably Beethoven's musical friends had heard them somewhat before that date. They were dedicated to Antonio Salieri, Beethoven's teacher, the Court Capellmeister of the Viennese capital for fifty years. The original title-page was thus inscribed in Italian:—
5"Ire Sonate per il Clavicembalo o Forte-Piano con un Violino composte, e dedicate al Sigvr. Antonio Salieri, primo Maestro di Capella della Corte Imperiale di Vienna, etc., etc., dal Sigvr. Luigi van Beethoven Opera 12. A Vienna presso Artaria e Comp."
7The fourth sonata, Op. 23, in A minor, contains the following movements:—Presto, six-eight time, A minor; Andante scherzoso, piu allegretto, two-four time, A major; Allegro molto, common time, A minor.
9The first movement opens with this subject:—
11Ex. 10.
12Presto.
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