Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven) Rudolphe Kreutzer, which gave the composition its nickname. Kreutzer never performed the work, considering it "outrageously unintelligible". He did not particularly care for any of Beethoven's music, and they only ever met once, briefly. Referring to Beethoven's composition, Leo Tolstoy's novella "The Kreutzer Sonata" was first published in 1889. That novella was adapted in various stage and film productions, contributing to Beethoven's composition becoming known to the general public. Rita Dove's 2009 "Sonata Mulattica" reimagined the life of Bridgetower, the sonata's original dedicatee, in poetry, thus writing about the sonata that connected the composer and the violinist who first performed
The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter "The King Who Wished to Marry His Daughter" is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in "Popular Tales of the West Highlands", listing his informant as Ann Darroch from Islay. It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Cap O' Rushes", "Catskin", "Little Cat Skin", "Allerleirauh", "Donkeyskin", "The She-Bear", "Tattercoats", "Mossycoat", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", and "The Bear". A king lost his wife a long time ago, and declared he would not marry anyone who did not fit her clothes. One day,