Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101

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Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, noted for its lyrical intimacy, structural innovation, and role in heralding his final stylistic period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Romantic era (early Romantic tendencies) ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 101 ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
compositionEndDate 1816 ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1815–1816 ⓘ
compositionStartDate 1815 ⓘ
dedicatedTo Baroness Dorothea Ertmann ⓘ
dedicateeOccupation pianist ⓘ
difficulty virtuosic ⓘ
firstMovementKey A major ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung ⓘ
fourthMovementKey A major ⓘ
fourthMovementTempoMarking Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit ⓘ
genre Classical music ⓘ
piano solo ⓘ
hasForm cyclical structure ⓘ
sonata form elements ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key A major ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement I. Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung ⓘ
II. Lebhaft, marschmäßig ⓘ
III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll ⓘ
IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit ⓘ
notableFeature advanced harmonic language ⓘ
integration of movements into a continuous structure ⓘ
lyrical and intimate character ⓘ
use of contrapuntal writing in the finale ⓘ
notableFor innovative treatment of form and texture ⓘ
numberInSeries 28 ⓘ
numberOfMovements 4 ⓘ
opusFollows Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 ⓘ
opusPrecedes Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" ⓘ
originalTitle Klaviersonate Nr. 28 A-Dur op. 101 ⓘ
partOf Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
period late period of Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
placeOfPublication Vienna ⓘ
positionInBeethovenPianoSonatas first of the late piano sonatas ⓘ
publicationDate 1817 ⓘ
publisher Bureau des arts et d’industrie ⓘ
Ferdinand Ries ⓘ
secondMovementKey F major ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Lebhaft, marschmäßig ⓘ
stylisticSignificance heralds Beethoven’s final stylistic period ⓘ
thirdMovementKey A minor ⓘ
thirdMovementTempoMarking Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 20 minutes ⓘ
workNumberInBeethovenPianoSonatas 28 ⓘ

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Beethoven piano sonatas → hasPart → Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 → originalTitle → Klaviersonate Nr. 28 A-Dur op. 101 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101