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Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonate für Klavier Nr.31 　3.Satz Adagio ma non troppo - Fuga

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Music ID : 30755
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：sonata
Total Playing Time：10 min 00 sec
Copyright：Public Domain

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Author : Okada, Akihiro

Last Updated: February 16, 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.

Third Movement: Introduction (4/4 time) / Fugue (A-flat major, 6/8 time)

The Adagio introduction, which begins in B-flat minor with the concluding chord of the preceding movement functioning as a dominant, proceeds with a recitative before becoming the “Klagender Gesang” (Lamenting Song) in A-flat minor. In contrast to the highly vocal introduction, the fugue of the main section is not in an old vocal style, but rather a free three-voice fugue in a highly instrumental style.

In the middle section (from m. 114), the “Klagender Gesang” returns in G minor, and the latter half, enclosing this, becomes G major, with the fugue constructed using the inverted form of the subject. It soon modulates to G minor, and from there gradually departs from the contrapuntal style, returning to the tonic key of A-flat major, and develops into a motivic elaboration of the fugue subject, bringing the piece to a close.

Writer: Okada, Akihiro

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