Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, op. 13 was titled "Pathétique" by the publisher. His justification was that nothing so powerful and so full of tragic passion had hitherto been dreamt of in pianoforte music, and Beethoven did not object. It was published in 1799,

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Ludwig van Beethoven - 1799

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though written the year before, when the composer was 27 years old.

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Beethoven dedicated the work to his friend

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Prince Karl von Lichnowsky.

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The "Pathétique" Sonata is perhaps the earliest of Beethoven's compositions to achieve widespread and enduring popularity. Many music historians judge that Beethoven was the first Romantic composer, and those who do might well regard this sonata as defining the start of the Romantic period.

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