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The piano sonata, from Mozart to Prokofiev
Twelve piano sonatas from Mozart and Haydn to Prokofiev's war sonata of 1942.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Chopin → Liszt → Berg → Bartók → Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
This guide follows Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1822) in two parts: Maestoso (sonata form) and Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile (theme and variations).
- I
- II: molto, e
A slow, majestic of dotted, leaping diminished-seventh chords barely lets C minor settle. The is partly fugal in , and it ends with a on a low G before the fast begins. The first enters with the and a closes the ; the is in A-flat major, not the expected E-flat. The works the in layered voices, with octaves, trills and chords. Then the begins, and the fades into C major, the of the .
- (a)
- (b)
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
At a glance
- I. Maestoso
- II. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile
Questions
- How long is Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111?
- About 30 min in this recording, in 2 movements: I 10 min and II 20 min.
- What form are its movements in?
- I: sonata form and II: theme and variations.
- How fast is it played?
- In this recording, measured from the score: II dotted eighth note ≈ 33 bpm.
- Is there a score of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111?
- Yes, of every movement.
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