Ludwig van Beethoven
Three Piano Trios
Op. 1
Form
Chamber Music
Additional catalogue
B. 62
Dedication
Prince Karl Alois von Lichnowsky
Published
1795
Piano Trio No. 1
Allegro
Adagio cantabile
Scherzo.
Allegro assai
Finale.
Presto
Piano Trio No. 2
Adagio - Allegro vivace
Largo con espressione
Scherzo.
Allegro
Finale.
Presto
Piano Trio No. 3
Allegro con brio
Andante cantabile con Variazioni
Menuetto.
Quasi allegro
Finale.
Prestissimo
Instrumentation
Keyboard
Piano
Strings
Violin
Cello
Related Pieces
Konzert für Pianoforte und Orchester Nr. 20 in D minor, K. 466
by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
: The first movement of Beethoven's Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1 opens with a similar figure to that of the third movement of Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto.
Streichquintett in C minor, Op. 104
by
Ludwig van Beethoven
: Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3 was arranged as a string quintet and published as Op. 104
Did You Know?
Unlike the other piano trios in this opus, the third trio does not have a scherzo as its third movement but a minuet instead.