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Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude in A minor, BWV 889 is part of The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, a collection of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys compiled circa 1738–1742. The work is written for keyboard instruments such as the harpsichord or clavichord. Like the broader collect...
Alexander Scriabin's Prelude in A minor is Op. 11 No. 2, published in 1897, and is a compact, restless piece marked by irregular meter and chromatic tension.
Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 was published in 1801, originally intended as a companion piece to Op. 24, later known as the 'Spring' Sonata. It is one of only two minor-key violin sonatas Beethoven composed, alongside Op. 30 No. 2 in C minor. Dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries,...
Aram Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, commonly called The Bell, is a large-scale orchestral work composed during the Second World War and first performed in 1943. Its recurring bell sonorities, martial rhythms, somber slow movement, and dramatic contrasts give the symphony a pronounced wart...
The Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 is a chamber music work composed by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann in September 1851. The piece was first performed privately by Schumann's wife, the virtuoso pianist Clara Schumann, alongside the violinist Wilhelm Wasielewski. Written in thr...
Amy Beach's Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34, composed in 1896, is a Romantic-era chamber work for violin and piano. Beach was one of the first American women to achieve widespread recognition as a composer, and the sonata was premiered by violinist Franz Kneisel, founder of the Kneisel Quartet. The...
Ethel Smyth's Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7 is a late Romantic chamber work for violin and piano, composed in 1887 during her early career. Its substantial scale and German-influenced musical language reflect Smyth's studies at the Leipzig Conservatory and her engagement with Central European cham...
Maurice Ravel's Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, M. 12 is an 1897 student work in one movement, left unpublished until 1975.
Jean Sibelius's Violin Sonata in A minor, JS 177, is an 1884 early chamber work for violin and piano, written before his numbered symphonies.
Robert Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27 is an 1853 work built from his F-A-E Sonata movements and published only long after his death.
