Classical Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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Work: | Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, "Tempest" |
Year Composed: | 1802 |
Instrumentation: | pf |
Publishers: |
Breitkopf & Härtel Universal Edition Simrock Oxford University Press G. Henle Verlag |
Duration: | 00:24:00 |
Period: | Classical (1750-1830) |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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The Sonata in D Minor, Opus 31 No.2, was written in 1802 and published the following year, its popular name, "The Tempest", has more justification than many such titles, derived from a remark made by the composer in reply to a question about the meaning of the sonata, and the Opus 57 sonata, to which he is said to have told his interlocutor to read Shakespeare's Tempest. The German musicologist Arnold Schering took matters further in providing a literary model for each sonata, comparing the Wa1dstein Sonata to Homer's Odyssey, Book 23. Sir Donald Tovey, in his commentary on the sonatas, suggests that those anxious to find Ariel and Caliban, the good and the villainous of the play in this sonata might ''as well confine their attention to the exploits of the Scarlet Pimpernel when the Eroica or the C minor symphony is being played".
Writer: Keith Anderson
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