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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonate für Klavier Nr.8 "Pathetique"　3.Satz Rondo-Allegro

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Music ID : 26096
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：sonata
Total Playing Time：4 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
sonata
Piano Solo
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Author : Okada, Akihiro

Last Updated: January 6, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

C minor, alla breve, rondo-sonata form

Originally sketched for violin and piano duo, it ultimately became the finale movement of the sonata.

Above an arpeggiated accompaniment, a theme reminiscent of a monophonic instrument's melody is presented. After the secondary theme in E-flat major (m. 25–), the rondo theme returns (m. 62–). This time, a contrapuntal idea appears in A-flat major (m. 79–).

Following this, a sonata-form-like recapitulation section is introduced; after the rondo theme appears in C minor (m. 121–), the secondary theme is recapitulated in C major (m. 134–).

When the rondo theme appears once more (m. 171–), it develops into the triplet figures of the secondary theme, forming the coda. A-flat major briefly emerges, but the movement concludes in C minor with descending triplet figures.

Writer: Okada, Akihiro

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