Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2

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Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 is a relatively short, early-period piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, known for its lyrical charm and accessibility.

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Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
alternativeTitle Easy Sonata in G major ⓘ
Leichte Sonate in G-Dur ⓘ
approximateDuration 8–10 minutes ⓘ
belongsToCycle Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
composerStylePeriod early Beethoven ⓘ
compositionDecade 1790s ⓘ
compositionPeriodRelativeToComposer early period ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
dedication Countess Franziska von Brunsvik ⓘ
difficultyLevel intermediate ⓘ
firstMovementKey G major ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
followsInOpus Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 ⓘ
hasGenre menuet-style second movement ⓘ
sonata-allegro first movement ⓘ
hasTypeOfWorkNumbering Hess 47 (early cataloguing) ⓘ
linked to: Hess catalogue
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
ISWC T-801.232.972-3 ⓘ
key G major ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movementCount 2 ⓘ
notableFor being one of Beethoven’s easier sonatas ⓘ
lyrical charm ⓘ
opusNumber 49 ⓘ
period Classical period ⓘ
placeOfPublication Leipzig ⓘ
publicationYear 1805 ⓘ
publishedAs Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ
publisher Breitkopf & Härtel ⓘ
secondMovementKey G major ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Tempo di Menuetto ⓘ
sonataNumber 20 ⓘ
tonalCenter G major ⓘ
usesForm minuet and trio form (second movement) ⓘ
sonata form (first movement) ⓘ
WikidataID Q1897410 ⓘ
workCharacteristic accessible ⓘ
didactic ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
relatively short ⓘ
workNumberWithinOpus 2 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beethoven piano sonatas → hasPart → Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" → precededBy → Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1 → relatedWork → Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ
Beethoven's middle period → hasWork → Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2 ⓘ