Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastoral"

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Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 "Pastoral" is a lyrical and serene solo piano work by Ludwig van Beethoven, noted for its gentle, nature-evoking character and belonging to his middle-period sonatas.

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instanceOf piano sonata ⓘ
solo piano work ⓘ
approximateCompositionEndYear 1801 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStartYear 1800 ⓘ
approximateDuration 25 minutes ⓘ
belongsToCycle Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 28 ⓘ
character nature-evoking ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
compositionPeriod circa 1800–1801 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dedicatedTo Joseph von Sonnenfels ⓘ
era Classical–early Romantic transition ⓘ
firstMovementKey D major ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Allegro ⓘ
fourthMovementKey D major ⓘ
fourthMovementTempoMarking Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
frequentlyPerformedBy concert pianists ⓘ
genre Classical ⓘ
sonata ⓘ
hasFormInFirstMovement sonata form ⓘ
hasFormInFourthMovement rondo form ⓘ
hasFormInSecondMovement ternary-like form ⓘ
hasFormInThirdMovement scherzo and trio ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No._15_(Beethoven) ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key D major ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movementCount 4 ⓘ
nickname Pastoral ⓘ
notableFeature pastoral character reminiscent of rustic scenes ⓘ
use of drone bass figures in the first movement ⓘ
notableRecordingRepertoire standard piano repertoire ⓘ
numberInBeethovenPianoSonatas 15 ⓘ
opusWithin Beethoven Opus 28 ⓘ
placeOfComposition Vienna ⓘ
placeOfPublication Vienna ⓘ
publicationYear 1801 ⓘ
publisher Cappi ⓘ
relatedWorkByComposer Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastoral" ⓘ
secondMovementKey D minor ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Andante ⓘ
structure four-movement sonata form ⓘ
style lyrical ⓘ
serene ⓘ
thirdMovementKey D major ⓘ
thirdMovementTempoMarking Scherzo: Allegro vivace ⓘ
workOf Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
workPeriod middle period ⓘ

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