Piano Sonata No.19, Op.49 No.1
Sonata · in G minor · Op. 49 No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827
G minor
Key
Sonata
Form
Andante
Tempo
Op. 49 No. 1
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Score
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Themes & character
Easy sonata·Published without consent·Student staple·Two movements only
At a glance
- Catalogue
- Op. 49 No. 1
- Key
- G minor
- Tempo / character
- Andante
- Form
- Sonata
Movements
I
AndanteG minor
A gently melancholy opening in clear, uncluttered textures.
II
Rondo: AllegroG major
A bright, dancing rondo finale.
About the piece
One of the two so-called easy sonatas, written around 1797 but not published until 1805, when Beethoven's brother Kaspar sent them to a publisher without the composer's consent. Their high opus number badly misrepresents when they were written.
Cast in only two movements and modest in scale, it has become one of the first genuine Beethoven sonatas most piano students learn, offering real musical substance without the technical demands of the numbered sonatas around it.
The composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770–1827
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer, conductor, and pianist. Regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music, he was mentored during the Classical period, and his musical style was a key driver of the transition to Romantic music, and the expansion of instrumental forms such as the symphony, the piano sonata and the string quartet. His compositions have attracted extraordinary casual and scholarly interest, and remain among the most performed in the world.
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