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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonate für Klavier Nr.7 3.Satz Menuetto e Trio-Allegro

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Music ID : 30699
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:3 min 00 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Kikuchi, Yusuke

Last Updated: April 1, 2020
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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.

Third Movement

The revelation that was ultimately not attained in the second movement is brought forth at the beginning of this third movement by a liberating ascending major sixth following a brief suspension from an anacrusis, and the subsequent motive a. Marked dolce, it is one of the most beautiful transitions of "scene" between the movements of the sonata.

Although marked Menuetto, similar to many of Beethoven's minuet movements, it is played at a somewhat faster tempo and possesses an intermediate character between a minuet and a Scherzo. The Trio is exceptionally bright. As for its motive, it uses the transitional section between a and b, and can be said to depict a very German character: dancing cheerfully, if only for a moment, despite harboring darkness in the heart.

Writer: Kikuchi, Yusuke

Author : Saitoh, Noriko

Last Updated: March 5, 2019
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Writer: Saitoh, Noriko