Discovered by musicologist Willy Hess, it may be one of Beethoven's first attempts at composing a work for this combination of instruments.
[2] Musicologist Sieghard Brandenburg also reconstructs the fragments in this way and adds that he believes the finale was never completed because the score ends abruptly with plenty of space remaining on the page.
[3] Both authors agree that the work was balanced in such a way that the violin has a purely accompanying role.
Brandenburg characterized the fragments as demonstrating that at this point in his career Beethoven possessed a sound understanding of the techniques used in classical violin sonatas, but may not have had the skill to use them effectively.
[4] Scholar Richard Kramer commented that the style of the work was heavily influenced by Mozart's Violin Sonata in A major, K.