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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonate für Klavier Nr.2 2.Satz Largo appassionato

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Music ID : 30687
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:7 min 30 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Okada, Akihiro

Last Updated: January 15, 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.

Second Movement: D major, 3/4 time

This is a slow movement in the style of a string quartet, primarily based on four-part writing, employing rondo form.

The first couplet (from m. 19) shifts to the parallel minor, B minor. Following the return of the rondo theme (m. 32), the second couplet (from m. 50) is introduced in the tonic key of D major. However, the subsequent return of the rondo theme (from m. 58) is in the tonic minor, D minor. In the return in the tonic key (from m. 68), the register is raised by an octave, and changes are introduced in the inner voices.

Writer: Okada, Akihiro