Appassionata

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musical composition piano sonata work by Ludwig van Beethoven

Appassionata is the popular nickname for Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally intense Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Appassionata canonical	5
Appassionata Sonata	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2601287 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Appassionata
Context triple: [Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata", nickname, Appassionata]

A. Aria da capo
Aria da capo is the recurring opening and closing theme of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, framing the work with an elegant, ornamented sarabande.
B. Serenata
Serenata is a musical composition by Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil, best known for its lyrical, romantic character within his body of work.
C. V. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)
V. Finale (Allegro con fuoco) is the vigorous, fast-paced concluding movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, characterized by its fiery energy and triumphant character.
D. L'estro armonico
L'estro armonico is a groundbreaking collection of 12 violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1711, that greatly influenced the development of the Baroque concerto.
E. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
"Andante con moto, ma non troppo" is the lyrical and moderately paced second movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Appassionata
Target entity description: Appassionata is the popular nickname for Beethoven’s dramatic and emotionally intense Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57.

A. Aria da capo
Aria da capo is the recurring opening and closing theme of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, framing the work with an elegant, ornamented sarabande.
B. Serenata
Serenata is a musical composition by Portuguese composer Alfredo Keil, best known for its lyrical, romantic character within his body of work.
C. V. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)
V. Finale (Allegro con fuoco) is the vigorous, fast-paced concluding movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 in D major, Op. 29, characterized by its fiery energy and triumphant character.
D. L'estro armonico
L'estro armonico is a groundbreaking collection of 12 violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, published in 1711, that greatly influenced the development of the Baroque concerto.
E. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
"Andante con moto, ma non troppo" is the lyrical and moderately paced second movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical composition ⓘ piano sonata ⓘ work by Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
approximateCompositionPeriod	1804–1805 ⓘ
associatedInstrument	piano ⓘ
associatedWith	Beethoven’s middle period ⓘ
catalogNumber	Piano Sonata No. 23 ⓘ
composer	Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
compositionEndYear	1805 ⓘ
compositionStartYear	1804 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Count Franz von Brunswick ⓘ
eraOfComposer	late Classical and early Romantic ⓘ
genre	piano sonata ⓘ
hasNicknameStatus	popular nickname rather than original title ⓘ
historicalContext	composed during Beethoven’s so-called heroic period ⓘ
influencedGenre	Romantic piano sonata repertoire ⓘ
instrumentation	solo piano ⓘ
key	F minor ⓘ
keyOfFirstMovement	F minor ⓘ
keyOfSecondMovement	D-flat major ⓘ
keyOfThirdMovement	F minor ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
movement	Allegro assai ⓘ Allegro ma non troppo – Presto ⓘ Andante con moto ⓘ
nickname	Appassionata ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	one of Beethoven’s most famous piano sonatas ⓘ one of Beethoven’s most technically demanding piano sonatas ⓘ
notableTheme	stormy and dramatic opening motif in F minor ⓘ
numberOfMovements	3 ⓘ
opusNumber	Op. 57 ⓘ
originalTitle	Sonata for Piano No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ⓘ linked to: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
period	Classical period ⓘ
placeOfComposition	Vienna ⓘ
publicationYear	1807 ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer	Tempest Sonata ⓘ Waldstein Sonata ⓘ
structure	three-movement sonata form ⓘ
style	dramatic ⓘ emotionally intense ⓘ
tempoMarkingFirstMovement	Allegro assai ⓘ
tempoMarkingSecondMovement	Andante con moto ⓘ
tempoMarkingThirdMovement	Allegro ma non troppo – Presto ⓘ
title	Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ⓘ linked to: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"
titleMeaning	impassioned ⓘ
tonalCenter	F minor ⓘ
workNumberInBeethovenPianoSonatas	23 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" → nickname → Appassionata ⓘ

Appassionata → nickname → Appassionata ⓘ

III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto → partOf → Appassionata Sonata ⓘ

linked to: Appassionata

III. Allegro ma non troppo – Presto → associatedNickname → Appassionata ⓘ

Count Franz von Brunswick → dedicateeOf → Appassionata ⓘ

Ramsey Lewis → notableWork → Appassionata ⓘ

Waldstein Sonata → relatedWorkByComposer → Appassionata Sonata ⓘ