Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

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Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s late piano sonatas, renowned for its emotional depth, structural innovation, and expressive fusion of lyricism and counterpoint.

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instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd 1822 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart 1821 ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 110 ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
counterpointUse prominent fugue in final movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dedication Maximilian Joseph Leidesdorf NERFINISHED ⓘ
emotionalCharacter introspective ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
transcendent ⓘ
firstMovementKey A-flat major ⓘ
firstMovementTempo Moderato cantabile molto espressivo ⓘ
firstMovementTitle Moderato cantabile molto espressivo ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
historicalContext composed during Beethoven’s deafness ⓘ
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key A-flat major ⓘ
language none (instrumental) ⓘ
movementCount 3 ⓘ
notableAspect fusion of lyricism and counterpoint ⓘ
notableFeature contrasting scherzo-like second movement ⓘ
integration of arioso and fugue ⓘ
lyrical first movement ⓘ
use of fugue in the final movement ⓘ
numberInSeries 31 ⓘ
opusSequence follows Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 ⓘ
precedes Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 ⓘ
partOf Beethoven late piano sonatas ⓘ
Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
period late Beethoven period ⓘ
placeOfComposition Vienna ⓘ
publicationYear 1822 ⓘ
publisher Schlesinger ⓘ
secondMovementKey F minor ⓘ
secondMovementTempo Allegro molto ⓘ
secondMovementTitle Allegro molto ⓘ
structuralInnovation cyclical integration of movements ⓘ
style early Romantic ⓘ
late Classical ⓘ
thirdMovementKey A-flat major ⓘ
thirdMovementSections Adagio ma non troppo ⓘ
Arioso dolente ⓘ
Fugue ⓘ
thirdMovementTitle Adagio ma non troppo – Fuga: Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
typicalPerformanceDuration about 18 minutes ⓘ
workNumberInBeethovenPianoSonatas 31 of 32 ⓘ

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Beethoven piano sonatas → hasPart → Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 ⓘ
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 Op. 110 first movement → partOf → Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 → followedBy → Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 ⓘ