Archduke Trio

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The Archduke Trio, Op. 97, by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio for piano, violin, and violoncello.

Published in 1811, it was dedicated to the amateur pianist and student of Beethoven, Archduke Rudolph of Austria (hence the nickname).

The work is in four movements:

• Allegro moderato
• Scherzo. Allegro
• Andante cantabile
• Allegro moderato

[edit] References in Popular Culture

• The work features prominently in the plot of the book Kafka on the Shore (2002), by Haruki Murakami, and in the mystery novel A Traitor to Memory (2001), by Elizabeth George.

[edit] External links

• BBC Discovering Music (browse for .ram file for this work)