Thun Sonata

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Thun Sonata is the commonly used nickname for Johannes Brahms’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100, composed during a summer stay in Thun, Switzerland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thun Sonata canonical 2
Thuner Sonate 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber music work ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
violin sonata ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Brahms Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 100 ⓘ
associatedCountry Switzerland ⓘ
associatedPlace Thun ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 100 ⓘ
composer Johannes Brahms ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
compositionPeriod Romantic era ⓘ
countryOfComposition Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1886 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Joseph Joachim (traditionally associated, though not explicitly dedicated) ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Joachim
genre sonata for violin and piano ⓘ
hasFirstMovementTempoMarking Allegro amabile ⓘ
hasInstrumentation violin and piano ⓘ
hasKeySignature three sharps ⓘ
hasMovement Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante) ⓘ
Allegro amabile ⓘ
Andante tranquillo – Vivace ⓘ
hasOpusGrouping composed during Brahms’s Thun summer of 1886 ⓘ
hasSecondMovementTempoMarking Andante tranquillo – Vivace ⓘ
hasThirdMovementTempoMarking Allegretto grazioso (quasi Andante) ⓘ
hasTypicalPerformanceDuration approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
isNicknamedAfter Thun, Switzerland ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
languageOfWork none (instrumental music) ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
nickname Thun Sonata ⓘ
numberInSeries 2 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 100 ⓘ
partOfSeries Brahms’s violin sonatas ⓘ
placeOfComposition Thun, Switzerland ⓘ
publisher Simrock ⓘ
relatedWork Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 ⓘ
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 ⓘ
scoredFor piano ⓘ
violin ⓘ
stylePeriod late Brahms ⓘ
title Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 ⓘ
workChronology follows Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 ⓘ
precedes Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 ⓘ
workType duo sonata ⓘ
yearOfFirstPerformance 1886 ⓘ

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Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 → alsoKnownAs → Thuner Sonate ⓘ
linked to: Thun Sonata
Thun Sonata → nickname → Thun Sonata ⓘ