Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78

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Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 is a brief, lyrical two-movement piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1809 and sometimes nicknamed the "À Thérèse" Sonata.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
piano sonata ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 ⓘ
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 78 ⓘ
belongsTo Beethoven’s middle-period piano sonatas ⓘ
catalogNumber Op. 78 ⓘ
cataloguedIn Beethoven piano sonatas ⓘ
character brief ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
composer Ludwig van Beethoven ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
compositionDecade 1800s ⓘ
compositionForm sonata form (first movement sections) ⓘ
compositionYear 1809 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria (Habsburg monarchy) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Austria
dedicatedTo Therese von Brunsvik ⓘ
durationApproximate about 8 minutes ⓘ
era Classical era ⓘ
firstMovementTempoMarking Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
followedBy Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 ⓘ
followsWork Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ⓘ
genre Classical period piano sonata ⓘ
hasNickname À Thérèse Sonata ⓘ
linked to: À Thérèse
instrumentation solo piano ⓘ
key F-sharp major ⓘ
keySignature F-sharp major ⓘ
languageOfNickname French ⓘ
movement Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo ⓘ
Allegro vivace ⓘ
movementCount 2 ⓘ
nickname À Thérèse ⓘ
notableFeature one of Beethoven’s shortest piano sonatas ⓘ
two-movement structure instead of the more common three or four ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 78 ⓘ
period middle period of Beethoven ⓘ
placeInBeethovenPianoSonatas 24th published piano sonata ⓘ
precededBy Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 ⓘ
primaryInstrument piano ⓘ
secondMovementTempoMarking Allegro vivace ⓘ
style Classical with early Romantic elements ⓘ
texture predominantly homophonic ⓘ
tonalCenter F-sharp major ⓘ
workNumber No. 24 ⓘ
workType solo instrumental work ⓘ
writtenFor pianists ⓘ

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Beethoven piano sonatas → hasPart → Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 ⓘ
Beethoven's middle period → hasWork → Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 ⓘ
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 → alsoKnownAs → Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 78 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78
Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78 → alsoKnownAs → Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 24 ⓘ
linked to: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp major, Op. 78