Piano Sonata No. 2 (Beethoven)

Piano Sonata No. 2
Piano Sonata No. 2
by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Cover of 1862 edition of Beethoven's first three piano sonatas (Breitkopf & Härtel)
Key	A major
Opus	2/2
Style	Classical period
Form	Piano sonata
Composed	1795
Dedication	Joseph Haydn
Published	1796, Vienna
Publisher	Artaria
Duration	22 minutes
Movements	4
Audio samples
	I. Allegro vivace (6:31) file; help;
	II. Largo appassionato (7:26) file; help;
	III. Scherzo: Allegretto (3:27) file; help;
	IV. Rondo: Grazioso (5:48) ; Recorded c. 1932, performed by Artur Schnabel file; help;

Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, was written in 1795 for Joseph Haydn. It was made public with his first and third sonatas in 1796.^[1]^[2]

The sonata is around 22 minutes long.

Movements

Piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven
Early sonatas	No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2/1 No. 2 in A major, Op. 2/2 No. 3 in C major, Op. 2/3 No. 4 in E♭ major, Op. 7 (Grand Sonata) No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10/1 No. 6 in F major, Op. 10/2 No. 7 in D major, Op. 10/3 No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1 No. 10 in G major, Op. 14/2 No. 11 in B♭ major, Op. 22 No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26 No. 13 in E♭ major, Op. 27/1 No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 27/2 (Moonlight) No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 (Pastoral)
Middle sonatas	No. 16 in G major, Op. 31/1 No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 (The Tempest) No. 18 in E♭ major, Op. 31/3 (The Hunt) No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49/1 No. 20 in G major, Op. 49/2 No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) No. 22 in F major, Op. 54 No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata) No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78 (À Thérèse) No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 No. 26 in E♭ major, Op. 81a (Les adieux) No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
Late sonatas	No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 No. 29 in B♭ major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier) No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 No. 31 in A♭ major, Op. 110 No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
Duo	Sonata in D major for piano four-hands, Op. 6
Unnumbered (WoO)	Three Piano Sonatas, WoO 47 Piano Sonata in C major, WoO 51 (fragmentary)
Doubtful (Anh.)	Sonatina in G major, Anh. 5/1 Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5/2
Related works	Andante favori, WoO 57