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Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2

180224 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 (1802) in four parts: Allegro con brio (sonata form), Adagio cantabile, Scherzo. Allegro (minuet and trio) and Finale. Allegro – Presto.

Recording: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Enrico Pace (piano)

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Follow all 24 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III. · Minuet and trio
  4. IV. –
I Sonata form0:30–7:40

The opens softly in bare , a gesture that promises high drama. The mixes delicacy with a military strut. The brings in a new that was not heard in the . Then the starts, and a tumultuous ends the .

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  2. :
II 7:42–16:15
III. Minuet and trio16:26–19:09
IV. – 19:37–24:29

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Ludwig van BeethovenChamber musicClassical periodC minorSonata formMinuet and trio

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