Horn Sonata (Beethoven)

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Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Natural Horn Sonata in F major, Op. 17 in 1800 for the virtuoso horn player Giovanni Punto. It was premiered with Punto as the soloist, accompanied on the piano by Beethoven himself in Vienna on April 18, 1800.^[1]

Beethoven was not well known outside of Vienna at the time of this composition, and after a performance of the piece in Pest, played by Punto and Beethoven, a Hungarian critic wrote, "Who is this Beethover [sic]? His name is not known to us. Of course, Punto is very well known."^[2]