Originally dedicated to George Bridgetower, its current namesake never performed it and considered this 1802 work unplayable.
Eug?e Ysa?e and Paolo Gallico gave this work its Carnegie Hall premiere. Its second movement contains a theme and four variations and its third movement begins with a crashing A Major chord in the piano followed by an exuberant 6/8 tarantella in rondo form. Its first movement begins with a slow chordal introduction and ends with an anguished coda but is highlighted by a furious A Minor presto section. Originally dedicated to George Bridgetower, its current namesake never performed it and considered this 1802 work unplayable. FTP, name this most famous Beethoven violin sonata which shares its name with a short story by Leo Tolstoy and is dedicated to a French violinist with a German-sounding name.
Eug?e Ysa?e and Paolo Gallico gave this work its Carnegie Hall premiere.
Sonata for violin & piano No. 9 in A major ("Kreutzer"), Op. 47 (accept any underlined part)