Excursions, Op. 20, is the first published solo piano piece by a composer born in what year?
Excursions (Barber) Excursions, Op. 20, is the first published solo piano piece by Samuel Barber. Barber himself explains:
Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Piano Sonata No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26, in 1800–1801, around the same time as he completed his First Symphony. He dedicated the sonata to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, who had been his patron since 1792.