Violin Sonata in E-flat major (Ries)  Ferdinand Ries composed his Violin Sonata in E-flat major, WoO. 7 in 1804, when he was 22 years old. Surviving in manuscript form in the Berlin State Library, there is no evidence the work was performed during the composer's lifetime and was amongst a number of compositions that remained unpublished at the composers death. The sonata is structured in five movements, one of which is crossed out in the manuscript: