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The second mazurka of the set, in C-sharp minor, is quite an outwardly dance-like piece, with a triple meter and bass line characteristic of a waltz.It starts with a slow introduction characterised by the play between the inner voices.
The Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, marked Quasi una fantasia, Op. 27, No. 2, is a piano sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven, completed in 1801 and dedicated in 1802 to his pupil Countess Julie "Giulietta" Guicciardi. [b] Although known throughout the world as the Moonlight Sonata (German: Mondscheinsonate), it was not Beethoven who named it ...
Minuet in the Classical period. A minuet (/ ˌ m ɪ nj u ˈ ɛ t /; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually written in 3 4 time but always played as if in 6 8 (compound duple metre) to reflect the step pattern of the dance. The English word was adapted from the Italian minuetto and the French menuet.
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote 32 mature piano sonatas between 1795 and 1822. (He also wrote 3 juvenile sonatas at the age of 13 [1] and one unfinished sonata, WoO. 51.)Although originally not intended to be a meaningful whole, as a set they comprise one of the most important collections of works in the history of music. [2]
The Mazurka in C-sharp minor should really have a subtitle: in the Phrygian mode for this is the special quality of its main theme and the crowning climax at the end. How Chopin incorporates the mode into the piece is fascinating: The mazurka starts with an outlining of the Phrygian scale as a solo right hand melody, only then repeating it with ...
Minuet in F, K. 4 (Salzburg, 1762) Minuet in F "Triolen-Menuett", K. 5 (Salzburg, 1762) Klavierstück in C, K. 5a (Salzburg, 1763) Andante in B-flat, K. 5b (Salzburg, 1763) The London Sketchbook, K. 15a–ss (London, 1765) Klavierstück in F, K. 33B or Anh.A 6 (Zurich, 30 September 1766) Allegro in G major, K. 72a (doubtful) Allegro in D major ...
Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor (Tchaikovsky) Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, D 655 (Schubert) Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven) Polonaises, Op. 26 (Chopin) Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 849; Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp minor, BWV 873; Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 11, No. 10 (Scriabin)
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, published in 1851, and is by far the most famous of the set. In both the original piano solo form and in the orchestrated version this composition has enjoyed widespread use in animated cartoons.