Talk:Horn Sonata (Beethoven)

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The first important sonata for French horn and piano, Beethoven's sonata remains a staple of the French horn repertoire more than 200 years later. Stylistically a duo-concertante, in addition to serving as a virtuoso vehicle for both instruments it makes the character of each instrument, as Beethoven regarded it, important to its expression. Though only 15 minutes in duration (the second movement is mainly an introduction to the last movement, setting up its synthetic construction with a contrasting mood), it is a large-scale presentation of its material. No comparable sonata for the two instruments appeared until Hindemith's Sonate (1939), a more massive and longer work in the playing style of the big, late Romantic orchestras. For insight into the compositional possibilities of both instruments, it remains the beacon to the future today. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.68.155.20 (talk) 22:17, 28 March 2018 (UTC)