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Form

Sonata-rondo

A sonata-rondo keeps the returning refrain of a rondo but organises the episodes the way a sonata form organises its subjects. The usual plan is A B A C A B A: the first B is in a contrasting key like a second subject, the central C behaves like a development, and the second B returns in the home key like a recapitulated second subject.

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HaydnSymphony No. 101 in D major1794HaydnSymphony No. 103 in E-flat major1795MozartPiano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 3101778MozartPiano Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 3331783MozartPiano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K. 4571784MozartPiano Sonata No. 15 in F major, K. 533/4941788BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 13 in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 11801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 281801BeethovenPiano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 11802BeethovenSymphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 361802BeethovenSymphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 601806BeethovenSymphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 931812