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Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

18078 min

This guide follows Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

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Sonata form0:28–8:45

Three long, loud chords open the , followed by restless, searching music. The stern C minor then starts, driven and tense. The tender in E-flat major arrives next, and a rhythmic follows. The sets these ideas against each other. In the the , and then the . In the the breaks into and the music fades away to whispered .

  1. Opening gestures
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Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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