Piano Sonata No. 24 (Beethoven)

The Piano Sonata No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78, nicknamed "à Thérèse" (because it was written for Countess Thérèse von Brunswick) was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1809. It consists of two movements:

Adagio cantabile — Allegro ma non troppo
Allegro vivace

Beethoven in 1815; painted by Joseph Willibrord Mähler (1778–1860)

A typical performance takes about 8-9 minutes. The common practice of leaving out long repeated sections, such as the development and recapitulation in the first movement, would make two or three minutes' difference to the total duration. The second movement is a variation to the ending of the popular patriots song "Rule, Britannia!".

According to Carl Czerny, Beethoven himself singled out this sonata and the "Appassionata" Sonata as favourites (once written, the "Hammerklavier" Sonata" would also become one of Beethoven's favourites).[1][2]

Structure

I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo

II. Allegro vivace

Notes

Forbes, Elliot (1967). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 297, 407. ISBN 0-691-02717-X.
Solomon, Maynard (1977). Beethoven. Shirmer Books. ISBN 9780028724607.

External links

A lecture by András Schiff on Beethoven's piano sonata Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 24: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Recording by Paavali Jumppanen, piano from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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[1] Forbes, Elliot (1967). Thayer's Life of Beethoven. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. pp. 297, 407. ISBN 0-691-02717-X.

[2] Solomon, Maynard (1977). Beethoven. Shirmer Books. ISBN 9780028724607.

Piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Early sonatas	No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 No. 4 in E♭ major, Op. 7 (Grand Sonata) No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22 No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26 No. 13 in E♭ major, Op. 27/1 No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 27/2 (Moonlight) No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 (Pastoral) No. 19 in G minor and No. 20 in G major, Op. 49
Middle sonatas	No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 (The Tempest) No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 31/3 (The Hunt) No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78 (À Thérèse) No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a (Les adieux) No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Late sonatas	No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 No. 29 in B♭ major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 No. 31 in A♭ major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Duo	Sonata in D major for piano four-hands, Op. 6
Unnumbered (WoO)	Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51 (fragmentary)
Doubtful (Anh.)	Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5/1 Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5/2

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