Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)

Beethoven in 1801, painted by Carl Traugott Riedel
The first movement
The second movement
The third movement
Played by Artur Schnabel in 1932
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The Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun, one of his patrons at that time. It was composed in 1798 and arranged for string quartet by the composer in 1801 (Hess 34), the result containing more quartet-like passagework and in the more comfortable key of F major.