"""Appassionata"" is a name given to Piano Concerto number 23 by which composer?"
Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 23 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 (colloquially known as the Appassionata, meaning "passionate" in Italian) is among the three famous piano sonatas of his middle period (the others being the "Waldstein", Op. 53 and "Les Adieux", Op. 81a); it was composed during 1804 and 1805, and perhaps 1806, and was dedicated to Count Franz von Brunswick. The first edition was published in February 1807 in Vienna. Unlike the early Sonata No. 8, "Pathétique", the "Appassionata" was not named during the composer's lifetime, but was so labelled in 1838 by
Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart) Piano Concerto No. 23 (Mozart) The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) is a composition for piano and orchestra written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, two months prior to the premiere of his opera, "Le nozze di Figaro", and some three weeks prior to the completion of his next piano concerto. It was one of three subscription concerts given that spring and was probably played by Mozart himself at one of these. The concerto is scored for piano solo and an orchestra consisting of one flute,