The Kreutzer Sonata yet describes their situation as a form of power over men, mentioning how much of society is geared towards their pleasure and well-being and how much sway they have over men's actions. After he meets and marries his wife, periods of passionate love and vicious fights alternate. She bears five children, and then receives contraceptives: "The last excuse for our swinish life – children – was then taken away, and life became viler than ever." His wife takes a liking to a violinist, Troukhatchevsky, and the two perform Beethoven's "Kreutzer Sonata" (Sonata No. 9 in A Major for piano and
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor (Stravinsky) Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor (Stravinsky) The Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor is an early composition by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was composed between 1903 and 1904 and is dedicated to Nicolas Richter. This piano sonata was kept in his portfolio together with his "Scherzo" for piano, a fairly short composition, when he was consulting his teacher Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov about his ambition to be a composer. It was eventually composed partly in Saint Petersburg and partly in Pavlovka, in Samara. Both the sonata and the scherzo were dedicated to fellow pianist and contemporary Nicolas Richter, who played it in