Piano Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)

Piano Sonata No. 4
Piano Sonata No. 4
by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Beethoven in 1796; designed by G. Stainhauser
Key	E-flat major
Opus	7
Style	Classical period
Form	Piano sonata
Composed	1796
Dedication	Babette, Countess of Keglević
Published	1796, Vienna
Publisher	Artaria
Duration	28 minutes
Movements	4
Audio samples
	I. Allegro molto con brio (7:30) file; help;
	II. Largo con gran espressione (9:34) file; help;
	III. Allegro (4:55) file; help;
	IV. Rondo (Poco allegretto e grazioso) (6:11); Performed by Artur Schnabel in 1932 file; help;

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 4, in E♭ major, Op. 7, also called the Grand Sonata, was written in November 1796 for his student Babette, the Countess Keglević.^[1]^[2] The sonata was made during Beethoven's visit to the Keglevich Palace.^[3]

Along with the Hammerklavier Sonata, it is one of the longest piano sonatas that Beethoven wrote.^[4]^[1] It is about 28 minutes long.

Movements

The sonata has four movements:

Allegro molto e con brio, ⁶
₈ (E-flat major)
Largo, con gran espressione, ³
₄ (C major)
Allegro, ³
₄ (E-flat major - Trio in E-flat minor)
Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso, ²
₄ (E-flat major)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 McCallum 2007, p. 8
↑ Hewitt 2006, p. 7
↑ Huizing, Jan Marisse (2021). Ludwig Van Beethoven : The Piano Sonatas; History, Notation, Interpretation. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780300262742.
↑ Hewitt 2006, p. 6

[McCallum8-1] 1.0 ^1.1 McCallum 2007, p. 8

[2] Hewitt 2006, p. 7

[3] Huizing, Jan Marisse (2021). Ludwig Van Beethoven : The Piano Sonatas; History, Notation, Interpretation. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 6. ISBN 9780300262742.

[4] Hewitt 2006, p. 6

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Piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Early sonatas	No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 No. 4 in E♭ major, Op. 7 (Grand Sonata) No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22 No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26 No. 13 in E♭ major, Op. 27/1 No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 27/2 (Moonlight) No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 (Pastoral)
Middle sonatas	No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 (The Tempest) No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 31/3 (The Hunt) No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1 No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2 No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78 (À Thérèse) No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a (Les adieux) No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Late sonatas	No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 No. 29 in B♭ major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 No. 31 in A♭ major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Duo	Sonata in D major for piano four-hands, Op. 6
Unnumbered (WoO)	Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51 (fragmentary)
Doubtful (Anh.)	Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5/1 Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5/2
Related works	Andante favori, WoO 57