Piano Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven)

Piano Sonata No. 9
Piano Sonata No. 9
by Ludwig van Beethoven
	Beethoven in 1796; designed by G. Stainhauser
Key	E major
Opus	14
Style	Classical period
Form	Piano sonata
Composed	1798
Duration	13 minutes
Movements	3
Audio samples, performed by Artur Schnabel in 1932
	First movement file; help;
	Second movement file; help;
	Third movement file; help;

The Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1, is an early sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. It was made in 1798 and arranged for string quartet in 1801.^[1]

Form

The sonata is in three movements:^[2]

↑ Tovey, D.F. (1931, p. 73) A Companion to Beethoven’s Pianoforte Sonatas. London, Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
↑ "Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.9 in E major Analysis". Tonic-Chord. Retrieved 19 February 2026.

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