The final movement was written with Pierre Rode's style in mind. Shortly before completing the work, Beethoven wrote to the Archduke Rudolph “… I did not make great haste in the last movement for the sake of mere punctuality, the more because, in writing it, I had to consider the playing of Rode. In our finales we like rushing and resounding passages, but this does not please R and — this hinders me somewhat.” As a result, the finale was a set of seven variations and a short coda on a cheerful theme.
Date of composition | 1812 |
First published | 1816, Steiner in Vienna, Austria |
Type | Sonata |
Tonality | G Major |
Catalogue | Op. 96 |
Approx. duration | 27 minutes |
Instruments |
Violin
Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonate pour violon n°10 en sol majeur, Op. 96 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata per violino n. 10 in sol maggiore, Op. 96 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonate Nr. 10 für Violine G-dur, Op. 96 |