The Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, Op.
The sonata is naturally the more intimate of the two works, and appears in places to be influenced by Johannes Brahms.
[2][3] Dvořák played the work on 31 March 1880 with the famous violinist Joseph Joachim, who reacted positively (a contrast to Joachim's ambivalence over aspects of the Violin Concerto).
On that occasion the violinist was František Ondříček (who also premiered the violin concerto), while the piano part was taken by Karel Kovařovic, later to become a successful composer.
The first edition was published by N. Simrock in 1880, prepared under the composer's supervision.