If the nickname “Appassionata” was appropriate for one of Beethoven’s Sonatas, it would be for his E-flat major Sonata Op7 rather than his famous work in F minor Op57. This was Carl Czerny’s opinion who felt that Op7 was written in a rather passionate state of mind. It was not only Beethoven’s first “Grande Sonate” but also his first work of this genre which he had published individually. The earliest sketches for Beethoven’s Grande Sonate Op7 date from 1796 and the first edition was issued 1797

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