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The Kreutzer Sonata (Russian: Крейцерова соната, Kreitzerova Sonata) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Russian authorities.
- Leo Tolstoy
- 1889
It is commonly known as the Kreutzer Sonata (German: Kreutzer-Sonate) after the violinist Rodolphe Kreutzer, to whom it was ultimately dedicated, but who thoroughly disliked the piece and refused to play it.
Sep 21, 2022 · A collection of four short stories by the Russian writer, translated by Benjamin R. Tucker. The title story, The Kreutzer Sonata, is a psychological drama about a man who murders his wife after hearing a violin sonata.
Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy’s then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society.
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Sep 19, 2015 · Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 9 "Kreutzer". - Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 -- 26 March 1827) - Performers: David Oistrakh (violin), Lev Oborin (piano) - Year of...
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A summary and analysis of The Kreutzer Sonata, a novella by Leo Tolstoy that explores themes of morality, gender, and passion. The story follows Pozdnychev, who murders his wife after becoming jealous of her affair with a violinist.
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Jun 6, 2016 · According to Berlioz, Kreutzer considered Beethoven 'unintelligble'. However, his name in all the unfairness of history, remains linked to the sonata. Every violinist who has ever performed the 'Kreutzer' Sonata recognises the lack of equipoise and symmetry between movements of this work.
