The sonata remains the most popular of the three works, and has established itself in the standard repertoire. The work was also a personal favorite of Grieg's. The sonata premiered with Grieg himself at the piano with well-known violinist Adolph Brodsky in Leipzig. To a certain extent, Grieg built on Norwegian folk melodies and rhythms in this three-movement sonata. However, Grieg considered the second sonata as the "Norwegian" sonata, while the third sonata was "the one with the broader horizon."
Date of composition | 1867 in Oslo, Norway |
Dedicated to | Johan Severin Svendsen |
Type | Sonata |
Tonality | G Major |
Catalogue | Op. 13 |
Instruments |
Violin
Piano |
Autotranslations beta |
Edvard Grieg: Sonate pour violon n°2 en sol majeur, Op. 13 Edvard Grieg: Sonata per violino n. 2 in sol maggiore, Op. 13 Edvard Grieg: Sonate Nr. 2 für Violine G-dur, Op. 13 |