Search results for: “Violin Sonatas”


  • Fernando Sor

    …influenced the evolution of the classical guitar. Quotations and Reception François-Joseph Fetis, a Belgian musicologist, praised Sor, calling him the “Beethoven of the guitar.” Sor’s music, particularly his guitar sonatas,…


  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    …young Telemann to pursue his passion for music. Self-taught, he displayed an early aptitude for numerous instruments, including the violin, flute, oboe, viola da gamba, recorder, double bass, and various…


  • Felix Mendelssohn

    …academy in 1819 and started composing incessantly. In 1820 alone, he composed a violin sonata, two piano sonatas, several songs, a quartet for men’s voices, a cantata, and a short…


  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    …a distinguished family of musicians. His father, Johann Ambrosius Bach, was a town musician, and it was under his tutelage that the young Johann first started to play the violin….


  • Richard Wagner

    …of Beethoven and Mozart, he was deeply inspired and began composing orchestral overtures and piano sonatas. His musical abilities didn’t go unnoticed. Theodor Weinlig, Kantor of the Thomasschule, was so…


  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    …for piano, including sonatas, preludes, and children’s pieces. He also wrote several operas, ballets, and vocal works, as well as music for film and theater. Music Education Kabalevsky was passionate…


  • Lucas Debargue Performs Scarlatti Sonata in E Major, K. 380

    Lucas Debargue breathes new life into Domenico Scarlatti’s harpsichord sonatas with his performance of the Sonata in E Major, K. 380….