Kreutzer Sonata
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a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
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a string quartet (1924) by Leoš Janáček.
Example Sentences
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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
Photograph: Shane Reid A new adaptation of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata was an early highlight of this year's Adelaide Festival programme.
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
The peasants of his country understand him as little as they understand Beethoven, that Beethoven he so bitterly, so unjustly assailed in The Kreutzer Sonata.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
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