Violin Sonata No. 5 (Beethoven)

The earliest known portrait of Beethoven; 1801 engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl after a now-lost portrait by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg, ca. 1800

The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, is a four movement work for violin and piano by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was first published in 1801. The work is commonly known as the Spring Sonata (Frühlingssonate), although the name "Spring" was apparently given to it after Beethoven's death.[1] The sonata was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, a patron to whom Beethoven also dedicated two other works of the same year—the String Quintet in C major, Op. 29 and the Violin Sonata No. 4—as well as his later Symphony No. 7 in A major.[2]

The autograph manuscript of the sonata is preserved in the Austrian National Library.

  1. ^ "Beethoven's 'Spring' Sonata, King Stephan and more". ABC Classic. 2020-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ "Beethoven's music with Opus number". Ludwig van Beethoven's website. Retrieved 2014-10-18.