30 set, was composed between 1801 and 1802, published in May 1803, and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
[1] The development section contains a theme not found in the exposition (this happens in earlier compositions such as the fourth violin sonata also).
The second movement was originally sketched out in G major before taking its current form.
Schindler wrote, "He definitely wished to delete the Scherzo allegro... because of its incompatibility with the character of the work as a whole.
"[4] The autograph to the sonata turned up in a collection built up by H. C. Bodmer in Zurich, discovered in the mid-20th century.