Piano Sonata No. 31 (Beethoven)

Piano Sonata No. 31
Piano Sonata No. 31
by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Beethoven in 1820
Key	A-flat major
Opus	110
Style	Classical period
Form	Piano sonata
Composed	1821
Published	1822, Berlin and Paris
Publisher	Schlesinger
Duration	19 minutes
Movements	3
Audio samples, recordings performed by Donald Betts; from Musopen
	I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo file; help;
	II. Allegro molto file; help;
	III. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro ma non troppo file; help;

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110, No. 1, is a piano sonata with no dedication. It was written between 1820 and 1821. It was made public in Berlin and Peris by Schlesinger in 1822. The sonata is around 19 minutes long.^[1]

Form

The sonata has three movements: ^[2]

Allegro in F major
Menuetto. Allegretto in F minor
Presto in F major

References

↑ Brendel, Alfred (1991). Music Sounded Out. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-37452-331-2.
↑ "Piano Sonata No.31, Op.110 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2024-12-21.

[1] Brendel, Alfred (1991). Music Sounded Out. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-37452-331-2.

[2] "Piano Sonata No.31, Op.110 (Beethoven, Ludwig van) - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2024-12-21.

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