This instrument, the piano, and the violin are the soloists in Beethoven's Triple Concerto.
Beethoven wrote a sonata for this instrument that begins with the ascending half notes "A, E," and then a dotted half note F-sharp. A passage for this instrument and violas opens the second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. A divisi solo part for two of these instruments is found in the second movement of the Pastoral Symphony. Beethoven's wrote a Sonata No. 3 in A major for this instrument, which introduces the opening theme of the (*) Eroica Symphony. It is the higher-pitched of the two instruments that play recitative-like passages near the start of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. This instrument, the piano, and the violin are the soloists in Beethoven's Triple Concerto. It is the lowest-pitched instrument in Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, his Archduke Trio, and all of his string quartets. For 10 points, name this string instrument for which Beethoven often wrote the same parts as its lower-pitched relative, the double bass.
Beethoven wrote a sonata for this instrument that begins with the ascending half notes "A, E," and then a dotted half note F-sharp.
cello [or violoncello]