L van Beethoven Pathetique sonata
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- Created on: 01-06-18 15:24
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- L van Beethoven- piano sonata 'pathétique'
- Instrumentation
- fortepiano or pianoforte
- piano is Italian for soft forte means loud in italian
- lots of dynamic levels can be achieved
- sustaining pedal
- Structure
- Sonata form
- exposition: two main subjects tonic and dominant
- development: earlier tunes are altered, modulating to other keys
- recapitulation: restates the exposition but with both subjects in the tonic.
- Tonality
- key of C minor
- modulates to related keys Eflat major
- also modulates to unrelated keys E minor
- Harmony
- chromatic chords especially diminished sevenths
- perfect cadences at the end of the movement
- interrupted cadences introduction bar 9
- use of circle of fifths
- augmented 6th chords bar 30
- Melody
- slow introduction, short motif
- Scalic passages, descending, ascending and chromatic scales
- arpeggios and broken chords, bars 29-30
- ornaments are important features of the second subject, mordents and trills
- Texture
- intro has homophonic passages
- right hand plays in octaves later in intro
- second subject melody-dominated homophony
- Tempo, metre and rhythm
- intro is 'grave' slow
- time signature is quadruple time
- dotted rhythm
- rapid notes
- continuous quavers
- staccato crotchets
- Instrumentation
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