Kreutzer Sonata

American  

noun

1. a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.

2. a string quartet (1924) by Leoš Janáček.

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Example Sentences

It begins with the most strikingly original nontrivial performance of Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata on disc.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2015

And if you don't know it, Perlman and Ashkenazy's recording of Beethoven's intense Kreutzer Sonata, made by a 28-year-old Perlman, was a rebellious hit in 1973.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2015

Back in Adelaide, critics have been allowed in to review The Kreutzer Sonata with Musolino since Saturday.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2013

What does it feel like when one such deceptive resolution occurs in Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, when an E chord leads to F chord instead of the expected A chord?

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2011

At the age of 18 I came across Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata and was overjoyed to find all I had thought written down there.

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