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Technical Notice
| Classical Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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| Work: | Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3, "Champagnersonate" |
| Year Composed: | 1802 |
| Instrumentation: | vn, pf |
| Publishers: |
Breitkopf & Härtel Universal Edition Peters Edition, Ltd. Augener G. Henle Verlag Schott Music |
| Duration: | 00:19:00 |
| Period: | Classical (1750-1830) |
| Work Category: | Chamber Music |
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The third of the Opus 30 violin sonatas, in G major, opens with a dramatic figure played together by violin and piano, a brief introduction to a snatch of melody, seized upon by the violin and extended. Unexpectedly the second subject is in D minor, followed by a D major conclusion to the exposition, a brief development that makes much of the opening figure and a final recapitulation. The second movement, in E flat, is marked at the speed of a Minuet. It opens with a singing melody played by the piano, followed by the violin and later undergoing various gentle metamorphoses. The final movement, a lively moto perpetuo, may sometimes remind us of Haydn, a composer from whom Beethoven, his pupil, churlishly claimed to have learned nothing. There is an initial contrast between the rapid notes of the piano and the melody introduced above it by the violin. From this material much of the rest of the movement is derived.
Writer: Keith Anderson
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