Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 Op. 26

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Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26, is a four-movement work notable for its theme-and-variations opening and its famous funeral march movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf piano sonata ⓘ
solo piano work ⓘ
alternativeTitle Sonata quasi una fantasia ⓘ
approximateDuration 20 minutes ⓘ
associatedCity Vienna ⓘ
belongsToGenre keyboard sonata ⓘ
belongsToRepertoire concert piano repertoire ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 26 ⓘ
chronologicalPositionInBeethovenSonatas early-middle period ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
compositionDate 1800–1801 ⓘ
compositionEndDate circa 1801 ⓘ
compositionStartDate circa 1800 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dedicatedTo Prince Karl Lichnowsky ⓘ
formalInnovation begins with a slow theme-and-variations movement instead of a sonata-allegro ⓘ
places a funeral march as the third movement ⓘ
hasMovement I. Andante con variazioni ⓘ
II. Scherzo: Allegro molto ⓘ
III. Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe ⓘ
IV. Allegro ⓘ
hasNickname Funeral March Sonata ⓘ
influenced Frédéric Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 funeral march ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key A-flat major ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
notableFeature funeral march third movement ⓘ
theme-and-variations first movement ⓘ
numberInSet 12 ⓘ
openingMovementForm theme and variations ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 26 ⓘ
partOf Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
period Classical ⓘ
placeOfPublication Vienna ⓘ
publicationDate 1802 ⓘ
publisher Cappi ⓘ
stylePeriod Classical–early Romantic ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle Marcia funebre sulla morte d’un Eroe ⓘ
thirdMovementType funeral march ⓘ
tonalCenterFirstMovement A-flat major ⓘ
tonalCenterFourthMovement A-flat major ⓘ
tonalCenterSecondMovement A-flat major ⓘ
tonalCenterThirdMovement A-flat minor ⓘ
usesFormInFinale rondo-like form ⓘ
usesTexture homophonic and contrapuntal textures ⓘ
workNumber Piano Sonata No. 12 ⓘ
workOf Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ

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A-flat major → usedInWork → Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 Op. 26 ⓘ
Beethoven piano sonatas → hasPart → Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major, Op. 26 ⓘ
linked to: Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 12 Op. 26