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The second subject group can start in a particular key and then modulate to that key's parallel major or minor. In the first movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 1 (in C minor), the second subject group begins in the relative E ♭ major and goes to the parallel mediant E ♭ minor.
The second subject focuses on rapid scales and leads to a perfect cadence in G major, ready for the development section. The exposition is repeated, which is standard for sonata form. The development begins in G minor uses the opening theme to follow a series of ascending arpeggios in several keys before moving towards G major and then back to ...
The first movement is in conventional sonata form with a repeated exposition. The opening of the first theme resembles the opening of Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata. [1] [2] The second movement is a theme and variations inspired by the song Verstohlen geht der Mond auf. Brahms was to rewrite it for female chorus in 1859 (WoO 38/20).
The second movement is in ternary form (or sonata form without development [4]).It opens with a highly ornamented lyrical theme in 3 4 time in F major (mm. 1–16). This is followed by a more agitated, 5-measure transitional passage in D minor (mm. 17–22) accompanied by quiet parallel thirds, followed by a passage full of thirty-second notes in C major (mm. 23–31). [4]
Examples in the works of later composers include Polyphonie X and Structures I by Pierre Boulez, Sonata for Two Pianos by Karel Goeyvaerts, and Punkte by Karlheinz Stockhausen. [11] [clarification needed] Opening of Bach's Fugue No. 2 in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 847, showing the subject, answer, and countersubject [12]
In music, a sonata (/ s ə ˈ n ɑː t ə /; pl. sonate) [a] literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. [1]: 17 The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance.
Op. 1 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in B minor; Op. 2 No. 1 – Violin Sonata in E minor; Op 2 No. 2 – Violin Sonata in F major; Op. 2 No. 3 – Violin Sonata in C major; Op. 2 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in A major; Op. 2 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in G major; Op. 2 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 2 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in B flat major
Sonata No. 1 in C for Keyboard and Violin, K. 6 (1762-1764) Sonata No. 2 in D for Keyboard and Violin, K. 7 (1763-1764) Sonata No. 3 in B ♭ for Keyboard and Violin, K. 8 (1763-1764) Sonata No. 4 in G for Keyboard and Violin, K. 9 (1764) Violin Sonatas, KV 10–15 (1764) Sonata No. 5 in B ♭ for Keyboard with Violin (or Flute) and Cello, K ...