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Haydn, Franz Joseph : Sonate für Klavier Nr.1 Mov.3 Andante

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Music ID : 32104
Instrumentation:Piano Solo 
Genre:sonata
Total Playing Time:1 min 00 sec
Copyright:Public Domain

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Author : Ooi, Kazurou

Last Updated: November 18, 2024
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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.

This is the third movement, which can be considered both instrumentally and arioso. In this movement, phrases are conceived in two-bar units. Additionally, a characteristic feature is that phrases are considered to begin with an anacrusis (upbeat). The opening four bars are, in that sense, very clear. The tension is slightly heightened in bars 3-4 compared to bars 1-2.

Next, bars 5-6 form a sequence. This is considered a harmonic sequence, not a modulation. The first part (bar 5) feels more tense than the second (bar 6), and bar 6 expresses a sense of relief.

Although the movement has progressed in two-bar units, bar 7 is considered an independent bar. Bar 7 contains two small phrases. The first is from beat 4 of bar 6 to beat 1 of bar 7, and the second is from beat 2 to beat 3 of bar 7.

Beat 4 is then considered the anacrusis for the next phrase. Suddenly, a C is sounded with an ornament. This is an expression of surprise characteristic of Haydn. This phrase extends to beat 3 of bar 8, and since another phrase begins from beat 4, bars 8-9 are again considered a two-bar phrase.

Writer: Ooi, Kazurou