Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)

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The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is often known as the "Spring" sonata, and was published in 1801. Its dedicatee was Count Moritz von Fries, a patron^[1] to whom the fourth violin sonata, the string quintet of the same year, and the seventh symphony were also dedicated.

The work is in four movements:

1. Allegro
2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. Scherzo: Allegro molto
4. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

The Scherzo and its trio are particularly brief (and as pointed out here the scherzo is canonic).

The work takes approximately 23 minutes to perform.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Fries was also a travelling companion to Giovanni Battista Casti, a playwright and rival of Lorenzo da Ponte, and an influence on Mozart at a pivotal point in his operatic work, according to Alfred Einstein's Mozart: His Character, His Work.

[edit] External links

• List of works and their dedicatees
• Violin Sonata No. 5 was available at the International Music Score Library Project.

v • d • e Violin Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven No. 1 in D major · No. 2 in A major · No. 3 in E flat major · No. 4 in A minor · No. 5 in F major (Spring) · No. 6 in A major · No. 7 in C minor · No. 8 in G major · No. 9 in A major (Kreutzer) · No. 10 in G major