Editing Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)

{{Short description|Beethoven's musical work known as "Spring Sonata"}}
[[File:Ludwig van Beethoven, aged twenty-six (1796).jpg|thumb|right|The earliest known portrait of Beethoven; 1801 engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl after a now-lost portrait by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg, ca. 1800]]
The '''Violin Sonata No. 5''' in [[F major]], [[Opus number|Op.]] 24, is a four movement work for violin and piano by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]. It was first published in [[1801 in music|1801]].  The work is commonly known as the '''''Spring Sonata''''' (''Frühlingssonate''), although the name "Spring" was apparently given to it after Beethoven's death.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-30|title=Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonata, King Stephan and more|url=https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/beethoven-250/beethoven-spring-sonata/12609906|access-date=2021-08-28|website=ABC Classic|language=en-AU}}</ref>  The sonata was dedicated to [[Count Moritz von Fries]], a patron to whom Beethoven also dedicated two other works of the same year—the [[String Quintet, Op. 29 (Beethoven)|String Quintet in C major, Op. 29]] and the [[Violin Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)|Violin Sonata No. 4]]—as well as his later [[Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 7 in A major]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvbeethoven.com/Oeuvres/ListOpus.html|title=Beethoven's music with Opus number|website=Ludwig van Beethoven's website|access-date=2014-10-18}}</ref>

The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in the [[Austrian National Library]].

==Origin==
Beethoven initially intended to pair this work with his [[Violin Sonata No. 4 (Beethoven)|Violin Sonata No. 4]], Opus 23, and the two sonatas complement each other in both key and character.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Szigeti |first1=Joseph |title=The Ten Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin |date=1965 |publisher=Urbana, Ill. : American String Teachers Association, ©1965 |page=14 |oclc=399883 |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/399883 |access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>  However, the two were not published together and thus have different opus numbers. The reason for the separation is unknown.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nettle |first1=Paul |title=Beethoven Encyclopedia |date=May 20, 2007 |publisher=Philosophical Library |isbn=978-0806529974 |pages=295–296 }}</ref>

== Structure ==
The work is in four movements:
{{Ordered list|type=upper-roman
|''Allegro''
|''Adagio molto espressivo''
|''[[Scherzo]]: Allegro molto''
|''[[Rondo]]: Allegro ma non troppo''
}}

The entire sonata takes approximately 22 minutes to perform.

==See also==
*[[Violin Sonata in A major (Beethoven)]]

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Sources'''
* {{cite thesis|url=http://repository.wit.ie/954/1/Beethoven%27s_Works_for_Violin_and_Piano.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://repository.wit.ie/954/1/Beethoven%27s_Works_for_Violin_and_Piano.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|last=Heeney|first=Eimear|title=Beethoven's Works for Violin and Piano|type=[[Master of Arts|M.A.]]|publisher=[[Waterford Institute of Technology]]|year=2007}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2016/Apr/Ries_violin_7776762.htm|last=Woolf|first=Johathan|title=Review - Ferdinand Ries: Violin Sonatas (cpo)|publisher=Musicweb International|year=2016|access-date=2019-08-25}}

==External links==
* [https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_3785429&order=1&view=SINGLE Violin Sonata Op. 24]: Beethoven's autograph manuscript in the Austrian National Library
*{{IMSLP|work=Violin_Sonata_No.5, Op.24_%28Beethoven%2C_Ludwig_van%29|cname=Violin Sonata No. 5}}
*{{Cantorion|pieces/3394/Violin-Sonata-No.-5|Violin Sonata No. 5}}
*[http://traffic.libsyn.com/gardnermuseum/beethoven_o24.mp3 Performance of Violin Sonata No. 5] by [[Corey Cerovsek]] (violin) and Paavali Jumppanen (piano) from the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]]

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