List of violin sonatas

A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, which is nearly always accompanied by a piano or other keyboard instrument, or by figured bass in the Baroque period.

List

A

Tomaso Albinoni
*Sonate da chiesa
* Sonate, violin and basso continuo, … e uno suario o capriccio … del Sig. Tibaldi
*6 sonates da camera, for violin and harpsichord, Op. Posth.
Charles-Valentin Alkan
*Grand Duo Concertant in F-sharp minor, Op. 21
Kurt Atterberg
*[Duo Duo Sonata (Atterberg)|Sonata (Atterberg)|Sonata] in B minor, Op. 27

B

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
*12 for violin with continuo and cello, five for violin and keyboard
*Sonatas for violin and harpsichord BWV 1020, 1022
Johann Christian Bach
*Nine, also several flute sonatas that can be played with violin
Johann Sebastian Bach
*Solo sonatas BWV 1001, 1003 and 1005, included in Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
*Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019
*Sonatas for violin and continuo BWV 1021, 1023, and the doubtful 1024
Béla Bartók
*Early sonata for violin and piano
*Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano, 1921
*Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano, 1922
*Sonata for solo violin, 1944
Arnold Bax
*Violin Sonata in G minor
*Sonata No. 1 in E major, first version 1920/1, revised 1945
*Sonata No. 2 in D major, 1915/1921
*Sonata No. 3 in G minor, 1927
* Sonata in F major 1940
Amy Beach
*Violin Sonata in A minor
Ludwig van Beethoven
*Violin Sonata in A major
*Violin Sonata No. 1
*Violin Sonata No. 2
*Violin Sonata No. 3
*Violin Sonata No. 4
*Violin Sonata No. 5
*Violin Sonata No. 6
*Violin Sonata No. 7
*Violin Sonata No. 8
*Violin Sonata No. 9
*Violin Sonata No. 10
Richard Rodney Bennett
*Sonata for violin and piano
*Violin Sonata No.1 Op.50
*Violin Sonata No.2 Op.56
Heinrich Ignaz Biber
*Mystery Sonatas for violin and figured bass
* Sonatae violino solo
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 1 in A major
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 2 in D minor
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 3 in F major
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 4 in D major
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 5 in E minor
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 6 in C minor
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 7 in G minor
**Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 8 in G major
*Sonata violino solo representativa, for violin & continuo in A major, 1669?
*Sonata, for solo violin in A major
Ernest Bloch
*Violin Sonata No. 1, 1920
*Violin Sonata No. 2 Poeme Mystique, 1924
Theodor Blumer
*Violin Sonata
Nimrod Borenstein
*Sonata for violin and piano Op. 1
*Sonata concertante Op. 61 for violin and piano
Johannes Brahms
*Sonatensatz
*
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Rain Sonata, Op. 78, 1878–79
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Thun, Op. 100, 1886
*Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108, 1886–88
James Francis Brown
*Sonata for Violin and Piano
Frank Bridge
*Violin Sonata
Ferruccio Busoni
*Violin sonata in C major, 1876
*Violin sonata Op. 29 in E minor, 1890
*Violin sonata Op. 36a in E minor, 1898

C

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
*Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 28
Aaron Copland
*Violin Sonata
Arcangelo Corelli
*Violin sonatas with continuo
John Corigliano
*Violin Sonata

D

Claude Debussy
*Violin Sonata in G minor, 1917
Frederick Delius
*Violin Sonata published posth., 1892
*Violin Sonata No. 1, 1914
*Violin Sonata No. 2, 1923
*Violin Sonata No. 3, 1930
Edison Denisov
*Sonata for violin solo, 1978
*Violin Sonata, 1963
Ernő Dohnányi
*Violin Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 21, 1913?
Avner Dorman
* Sonata No.1 for Violin and Piano, 2004
* Sonata No.2 for Violin and Piano, 2008
* Sonata No.3 for Violin and Piano, 2011
* Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano, 2015
Lucien Durosoir
*Violin Sonata in A major, 1921
Antonín Dvořák
*Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 57, 1880
*Violin Sonatina in G major, Op. 100, 1893

E

Edward Elgar
*Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82
George Enescu
*Violin Sonata fragment Torso
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 2
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in F minor, Op. 6
*Violin Sonata No. 3 dans le caractère populaire roumain in A minor, Op. 25
Sven Einar Englund
*Violin Sonata
Iván Erőd
*1st Sonata op. 14
*2nd Sonata op. 74

F

Gabriel Fauré
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108
Mohammed Fairouz
*Sonata for Solo Violin
Zdeněk Fibich
*Violin Sonata in D major
*Violin Sonatina in D minor, Op. 27
Grzegorz Fitelberg
*at least two violin sonatas
Irving Fine
*Violin Sonata
Nicolas Flagello
*Violin Sonata
Josef Bohuslav Foerster
*Sonata No. 1, Op. 10
*Sonata No. 2, sonata quasi fantasia, Op. 177
César Franck
*Violin Sonata in A major, M. 8
Peter Racine Fricker
*Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12
*Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 94
Robert Fuchs
*Six violin sonatas
Wilhelm Furtwängler
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major

G

Niels Wilhelm Gade
*Three sonatas: Op. 6 in A, Op. 21 in D minor, Op. 59 in B-flat major
Hans Gál
*Violin Sonata, Op. 17
*Violin Sonata in D
*Three Sonatinas, Op. 71
Friedrich Gernsheim
*Four violin sonatas
Joseph Gibbs
*Eight solos for the violin and a thorough bass, 1748
Philip Glass
*Sonata for Violin and Piano
Benjamin Godard
*Four violin sonatas
Karl Goldmark
*Violin Sonata in D major/B minor, Op. 25
Edvard Grieg
*Violin Sonatas and
Jorge Grundman
*What Inspires Poetry. Violin and Piano Sonata
*Warhol in Springtime. Violin and Piano Sonata
*White Sonata: The Child Who Never Wanted to Grow Up. Violin and Piano Sonata
Camargo Guarnieri
*Violin Sonata No. 1
*Violin Sonata No. 2
*Violin Sonata No. 3
*Violin Sonata No. 4
*Violin Sonata No. 5
*Violin Sonata No. 6
*Violin Sonata No. 7

H

Reynaldo Hahn
*Sonata in C major
George Frideric Handel
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in D minor (HWV 359a)
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in A major (HWV 361)
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in G minor (HWV 364a)
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in G minor (HWV 368)
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in F major (HWV 370)
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in D major (HWV 371)
*Sonata for violin and basso continuo in A major (HWV 372)
*Sobata for violin and basso continuo in E major (HWV 373)
John Harbison
*Sonata No.1
*Sonata No. 2
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
*Sonatas for violin solo
Joseph Haydn
*Sonata for keyboard and obbligato violin in B-flat major Hob:XVa:1
*Sonata for keyboard and obbligato violin in D major Hob:XVa:2
*Sonata for keyboard and obbligato violin in C major Hob:XVa:3
Swan Hennessy
*Sonate en Fa , Op. 14
*Deuxième Sonatine, Op. 80
Hans Werner Henze
*Sonata for violin and piano
*Sonata for violin solo
*Sonatina for violin and piano
Paul Hindemith
*Sonatas for violin solo, and four with piano
C. René Hirschfeld
*Sonata concertante for violin and piano
Vagn Holmboe
*Violin Sonata No. 1, M. 82, 1935
*Violin Sonata No. 2, M. 112, 1939
*Violin Sonata No. 3, M. 227, 1965
Arthur Honegger
*Sonatas Nos. 0–2
Herbert Howells
*Three violin sonatas
Bertold Hummel
*Violin Sonata, Op. 6
*Violin Sonatina, Op. 35a
*Violin Sonatina, Op. 107a

I

Vincent d'Indy
*Violin Sonata in C major, Op. 59
John Ireland
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor
Charles Ives
*Four violin sonatas

J

Leoš Janáček
* Violin Sonata
André Jolivet
*Violin Sonata
Paul Juon
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, op. 7
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in F major, op. 69
*Violin Sonata No. 3 in B minor, op. 86

K

Karen Khachaturian
*Sonata for violin and piano
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
*Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 6
Ernst Krenek
*Violin Sonata in F-sharp major, Op. 3
*Six sonatinas for violin and piano
*Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 99
*Two sonatas for solo violin
Toivo Kuula
*Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 1

L

Edouard Lalo
*Violin Sonata in D major, Op.12
Jean-Marie Leclair
*Violin sonatas
Benjamin Lees
*Three Violin Sonatas
Paul Le Flem
*Violin Sonata in G minor
Kenneth Leighton
*Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 4
*Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 20
Guillaume Lekeu
*Violin Sonata in G major
Lowell Liebermann
*Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.46
Douglas Lilburn
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in E flat
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in C
*Violin Sonata No. 3
Franz Liszt
*Violin Sonata in C-sharp minor, S 127
Pietro Locatelli
*Sonatas for violin with continuo from Opp. 6 and 8

M

Leevi Madetoja
*Sonatina for violin and piano, Op. 18
Albéric Magnard
*Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 13
Edgar Manas
*Sonata for Violin and Piano
Bohuslav Martinů
*Violin Sonatas 1, 2, 3
Giuseppe Martucci
*Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 22
William Mathias
*Three violin sonatas
John Blackwood McEwen
*At least six violin sonatas
Nikolai Medtner
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in B minor, Op. 21
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 44
*Violin Sonata No. 3 Epica in E minor, Op. 57
Felix Mendelssohn
*Violin Sonata in F major, 1820
*Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4, 1823
*Violin Sonata in F major, 1838
Peter Mennin
*Sonata Concertante
Peter Mieg
*Sonata for violin and piano
Darius Milhaud
*At least two violin sonatas with piano, and one with harpsichord
Ernest John Moeran
*Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*Violin Sonatas, KV 6–9
**No. 1 in C major
**No. 2 in D major
**No. 3 in B-flat major
**No. 4 in G major
*Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15
**No. 5 in B-flat major
**No. 6 in G major
**No. 7 in A major
**No. 8 in F major
**No. 9 in C major
**No. 10 in B-flat major
*Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31
**No. 11 in E-flat major
**No. 12 in G major
**No. 13 in C major
**No. 14 in D major
**No. 15 in F major
**No. 16 in B-flat major
* Violin Sonata No. 17 in C major, K. 296
* Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K. 301
* Violin Sonata No. 19 in E-flat major, K. 302
* Violin Sonata No. 20 in C major, K. 303
* Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304
* Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K. 305
* Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major, K. 306
* Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K. 376
* Violin Sonata No. 25 in F major, K. 377
* Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-flat major, K. 378
* Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K. 379
* Violin Sonata No. 28 in E-flat major, K. 380
* Violin Sonata No. 29 in A major, K. 402
* Violin Sonata No. 30 in C major, K. 403
* Violin Sonata No. 31 in C major, K. 404
* Violin Sonata No. 32 in B-flat major, K. 454
* Violin Sonata No. 33 in E-flat major, K. 481
* Violin Sonata No. 34 in B-flat major, K. 372
* Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K. 526
* Violin Sonata No. 36 in F major, K. 547
Nikolai Myaskovsky
*Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 70

N

Eduard Nápravník
*Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 52
Lior Navok
*Violin Sonata
Oskar Nedbal
*Violin Sonata in B minor, Op. 9
Carl Nielsen
*Early sonatas
*Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 9
*Violin Sonata in G minor/C major, Op. 35
Vítězslav Novák
*Violin Sonata in D minor

O

Leo Ornstein
*Violin Sonata, Op. 26
*Violin Sonata, Op. 31
*Violin Sonata, Op. Posth

P

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
*Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 13
Niccolò Paganini
*Numerous sonatas for violin with piano or guitar
Hubert Parry
*Fantasy-Sonata in B minor for violin and pianoforte
*Violin Sonata in D major
Robert Paterson
*Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano
Dora Pejačević
*Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major 'Frühlings-Sonate' Op. 26
*Sonata for Violin and Piano in B minor 'Slawische Sonate' Op. 43
Krzysztof Penderecki
*Violin Sonata No. 1
*Violin Sonata No. 2
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
*Violin Sonata in E minor
*Violin Sonata in G major
*Violin Sonata in A minor
Gabriel Pierné
*Sonata for violin, Op. 36
Johann Georg Pisendel
*Sonata for violin and continuo in E minor
*Sonata for violin and continuo in D major
*Sonata for violin solo, in A minor
Walter Piston
*Violin Sonata
*Sonatina for violin and harpsichord
Quincy Porter
*Two violin sonatas
Francis Poulenc
*Violin Sonata
Gerhard Präsent
*Sonata del Gesù op. 35
Sergei Prokofiev
*Sonata for two violins in C major, Op. 56
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94
*Sonata for solo violin in D major, Op. 115

R

Joachim Raff
*Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 73
*Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 78
*Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 128
*Violin Sonata in G minor Chromatische, Op. 129
*Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 145
Maurice Ravel
*Violin Sonata No. 1
*Violin Sonata No. 2
Alan Rawsthorne
*Violin Sonata
Max Reger
*Nine violin sonatas with piano, several unaccompanied
**Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1
**Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 3
**Violin Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 41
**Violin Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 72
**Violin Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp minor, Op. 84
**Violin Sonata No. 6 in D minor, Op. 103b/1
**Violin Sonata No. 7 in A major, Op. 103b/2
**Violin Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 122
**Violin Sonata No. 9 in C minor, Op. 139
**
Carl Reinecke
*Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 116
Ottorino Respighi
*Violin Sonata in D minor
*Violin Sonata in B minor
Josef Rheinberger
*Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 77
*Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 105
Ferdinand Ries
*Violin Sonata in A-flat major, WoO. 5
*Violin Sonata in E-flat major, WoO. 7
*Violin Sonatas, Op. 3, Nº. 1–2
*Violin Sonatas, Op. 8, Nº. 1–2
*Violin Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 10
*Violin Sonatas, Op. 16, Nº. 1–3
*Violin Sonata in E-flat major Op. 18
*Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 19
*Violin Sonatas, Op. 30, Nº. 1–3
*Violin Sonatas, Op. 38, Nº. 1–3
*Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 69
*Violin Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 71
*Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 83
George Rochberg
*Violin Sonata
Guy Ropartz
*Seven violin sonatas: No. 1 in D minor, No. 2 in E major, No. 3 in A major
Nikolai Roslavets
*Violin Sonatas 1–6
Albert Roussel
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 11
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 28
Edmund Rubbra
*Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
*Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 31
*Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 133
Anton Rubinstein
*Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 13
*Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 19
*Violin Sonata in B minor, Op. 98

S

Camille Saint-Saëns
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 102
Rosario Scalero
*Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 12
Philipp Scharwenka
*Violin Sonata in B minor, Op. 110
*Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 114
Xaver Scharwenka
*Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 2
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
*Sonatae unarum fidium
Florent Schmitt
* Sonate libre en deux parties enchaînées Op.68, vn, pf
Alfred Schnittke
*Violin Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3
Johann Schobert
*2 Sonatas for harpsichord with violin ad libitum, Op. 1
*2 Sonatas for harpsichord, with violin obbligato, Op. 2
*2 Sonatas for harpsichord with violin ad libitum, Op. 3
*2 Sonatas for harpsichord with violin ad libitum, Op. 5
*2 Sonatas for harpsichord with violin obbligato, Op. 8
*6 Sonatas for harpsichord with violin ad libitum, Op. 14
*4 Sonatas for harpsichord and violin, Op. 17
*2 Sonatas for harpsichord and violin, Op. 19
*3 Sonatas for harpsichord and violin, Op. 20
Othmar Schoeck
*Violin Sonata, Op. 16
*Violin Sonata, Op. 46
*Violin Sonata, WoO 22
Franz Schubert
*Sonatas for piano and obbligato violin (Sonatinas), Op. 137 : No. 1 in D major, No. 2 in A minor and No. 3 in G minor
*Violin Sonata (Duo) in A major, D 574
Ervin Schulhoff
*Violin Sonata Op.7
*Sonata for Solo Violin
*Violin Sonata No.2
Robert Schumann
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121
*collaboration with Johannes Brahms and Albert Dietrich in the F-A-E Sonata for Joseph Joachim
*Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, WoO 27 – third and fourth movements from the F-A-E sonata
Laura Schwendinger
*Sonata for Solo Violin
Roger Sessions
*Sonata for Solo Violin
Michael Jeffrey Shapiro
*Violin Sonata No. 1
*Violin Sonata No. 2
Alexander Shchetynsky
*Sonata for Violin and Piano
*Sonata for Solo Violin
Dmitri Shostakovich
*Violin Sonata, Op. 134
Jean Sibelius
*Violin Sonata in A minor, JS 177
*Violin Sonata in F major, JS 178
*Violin Sonatina in E major, Op. 80
Robert Simpson
*Sonata for Violin and Piano, in two movements
Fredrik Sixten
*Sonata for violin and piano
Nikos Skalkottas
*Sonata for solo violin
*Violin Sonata No. 2
*Sonatinas nos. 1–4
Ethel Smyth
*Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 7
Louis Spohr
*Sonata for Violin and Harp in B-flat major, Op. 16
*Sonata for Violin and Harp in E-flat major, Op. 113
*Sonata for Violin and Harp in E-flat major, Op. 114
*Sonata for Violin and Harp in A-flat major, Op. 115
*Sonata for Violin and Harp in C minor, WoO. 23
Charles Villiers Stanford
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in D, Op. 11, 1877?
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 70, 1898
*Sonata for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 165, No. 1, 1919
*Sonata for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 165, No. 2, 1919
Wilhelm Stenhammar
*Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 19
Richard Strauss
*Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Freda Swain
*Violin Sonata in G-minor
Karol Szymanowski
*Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9

T

Germaine Tailleferre
*Two violin sonatas
Sergei Taneyev
*Violin Sonata in A minor
Giuseppe Tartini
*Devil's Trill sonata and many others
Georg Philipp Telemann
*Methodical Sonatas for violin and continuo
*Sonates sans basse and Canonic Sonatas, both sets for two instruments
Alice Tegnér
*Sonata for violin and piano in A minor
Susan Trew
*Sonata for violin and piano
Eduard Tubin
*Violin Sonata No. 1
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in Phrygian key
*Solo violin sonata
Joaquín Turina
*Sonate Espagnole
*Sonata No.1, Op. 51
*Sonata No.2, Op. 82

V

Ralph Vaughan Williams
*Violin Sonata in A minor
Carlos Veerhoff
*Violin sonata op.47
Antonio Veracini
*Sonate da camera, for solo violin, Op. 2
Francesco Maria Veracini
*12 Sonatas for recorder or violin solo and basso
*12 Sonatas for violin solo and basso, Op. 1
*12 Sonate Accademiche for violin solo and basso, Op. 2
*Dissertazioni del Sigr. Francesco Veracini sopra l'opera quinta del Corelli
Louis Vierne
*Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 23
Heitor Villa-Lobos
*Sonate-fantaisie No. 1 for violin and piano, Desesperança
*Sonate-fantaisie No. 2 for violin and piano
*Sonata for violin and piano No. 3
*Sonata for violin and piano No. 4
Giovanni Battista Viotti
*Six published sonatas for violin and bass, Op. 4, six without Opus number.
Antonio Vivaldi
*Twelve sonatas Op. 2, four solo sonatas mixed with two trio sonatas in Op. 5 and other various, such as the twelve Manchester Sonatas, rediscovered in the 1970s.
Georg Joseph Vogler
*Six Sonatas Op. 3

W

Henry Walford Davies
*Violin Sonata No. 1 in E flat major
*Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major
*Violin Sonata No. 3 in E minor, Op. 5
*Violin Sonata No. 4 in D minor, Op. 7
*Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major
William Walton
*Violin Sonata
Carl Maria von Weber
*6 sonatas for piano and obbligato violin, J 99–104, Op. 10b : F major, G major, D minor, E-flat major, A major, C major
Mieczysław Weinberg
*a violin sonatina, six sonatas with piano, and three solo sonatas
Johann Paul von Westhoff
* Sonata for violin and basso continuo
* Sonate a Violino solo con basso continuo
Charles-Marie Widor
*Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 50
*Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 79
Józef Wieniawski
*Violin Sonata
Stefan Wolpe
*Violin Sonata
Charles Wuorinen
*Sonata for Violin and Piano

Y

Eugène Ysaÿe
*Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27

Z

Carlo Zuccari
* 12 Sonate per violino é basso ò cembalo Op. 1
Mathis Zielinski
*Sonata for Violin and Piano, op.1