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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonate für Klavier Nr.7 4.Satz Rondo-Allegro

Work Overview

Music ID : 30700
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:4 min 00 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

Commentary (2)

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.

Fourth Movement

In the first movement, motive a was presented followed by b, but here, motive b reappears prominently, presented in the order of motive b then a. Here, motive b regains its sanity (diminished 4th → perfect 4th), yet it still seems unconvinced, repeatedly posing questions without receiving answers. The nightmare of the diminished seventh chord also continues to appear throughout. In this movement, all elements observed in the sonata recur, leading to a certain catharsis. However, the piece concludes with implications suggesting that "a certain psychiatric patient," consistently depicted throughout this sonata, has not overcome their illness but rather accepted coexistence with it.

Writer: Kikuchi, Yusuke

Author : Saitoh, Noriko

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