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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 ...
Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-flat major ("The Hunt") Opus 49: Two Piano Sonatas (composed 1795–6, published 1805) Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor; Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major; Opus 53: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major ("Waldstein") (1804) WoO 57: Andante favori — Original middle movement of the "Waldstein" sonata (1804)
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
It began in January 1932, when the Sonata No. 31 in A ♭ major (Op. 110) was the first to be successfully recorded. [8] The final recordings were made in November 1935, and the project culminated with Sonata No. 25 in G major (Op. 79). [9] The Beethoven Society began distributing Schnabel's recordings in March 1932, issuing 12 volumes through ...
One-handed double glissandi are sometimes executed at intervals other than an octave, the most common being sixths. Franz Liszt's piano transcription of Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique contains, in an ossia (optional replacement measure) in the finale, a glissando in sixths played upward with the right hand.
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.
Like Mozart's, Beethoven's musical talent was recognized at a young age, [3] and these three piano sonatas give an early glimpse of the composer's abilities, as well as his boldness. Beethoven was writing in a form usually attempted by older, more mature composers, [4] as the sonata was a cornerstone of Classical piano literature. Since they ...