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The second subject group, marked dolce, is a chordal theme in E major, the mediant key. Modulation to the mediant for the second subject area is another feature shared by this sonata and the Sonata No. 16. [3] Beethoven would employ the same shift again in later works (in the Hammerklavier Sonata, for example).
One of 11 children, his older brothers included Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein [1] and Josef Karl von Waldstein (1755-1814), who was an enthusiast of Kabbalah and employer of Giacomo Casanova. [2] His sister Marie-Anne Waldstein (1763-1808) became a famous painter in Spain. [3] In 1787 he joined the Teutonic Knights and became a novice in ...
Adam von Waldstein (1570–1638), Czech noble, Supreme Burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia; Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein (1762–1823), German noble, patron of Beethoven to whom the sonata is dedicated; Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759–1823), Austrian soldier, explorer and naturalist, older brother of the above
Sonata in E ♭, Op. 12, No.4 Sonata in F minor, Op. 13, No. 2 Sonata in B ♭ major, Op. 24, No. 2 – The melody from this sonata was used by Mozart in his "Magic Flute" Overture.
Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major (Also arranged by the composer for String Quartet in F major (Hess 34) in 1801) Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major; Opus 22: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-flat major (1800) Opus 26: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A-flat major (1801) Opus 27: Two Piano Sonatas (1801) Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major 'Sonata quasi una fantasia'
The exposition of the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 21 (The Waldstein Sonata), Op. 53 features a minor key passage where an authentic (perfect) cadence precedes a deceptive (interrupted) one: Beethoven Piano Sonata 21, 1st movement, bars 78-84 Beethoven Piano Sonata 21, 1st movement, bars 78–84
The Andante favori is in F major (the subdominant of the Waldstein key), in 3/8 time, and is marked Andante grazioso con moto. Formally, the work is a rondo, with each return of the theme appearing in varied form. The theme itself is fairly extended and in ternary form. The work takes about nine minutes to play.
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 282 ... Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K. 304/300c ... Church Sonata No. 12 in C, K. 263 (1776) ...