Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)
- Piano Sonata No. 10 (Beethoven)
The Piano Sonata No. 10 in G Major, op. 14 no. 2, composed in 1798–1799, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun. A typical performance lasts 15 minutes.
Form
The sonata is in three movements:
# "Allegro" in G major
# "Andante" variations in C major, subdominant of G major
# "Scherzo: Allegro assai" in G major
The first movement, marked " ligato" in the urtext score, opens with a brief sixteenth-note phrase which is heavily used throughout, accompanied by short, tied arpeggios in the bass. Thirty-second-note passages develop in the upper register of the piano, limiting the tempo at which it can reasonably be taken. The entire movement ends in a quiet, quick trill in the treble.
The second movement is a set of variations on a disjunct, chordal theme which is marked "La prima parte senza replica" (first part without repeats). The form of the music is Theme with Three Variations. It seems about to end quietly, like the first and last movements, but then concludes abruptly with a crashing fortissimo C major chord.
The third movement, in 3/8 time, is titled "Scherzo" but is actually in rondo form. The ascending, hesitant, three-note motif sounds very similar to the first movement, but this theme undergoes many changes, until the end, where it ends quietly, on the very lowest notes of the piano of Beethoven's time.
External links
* For a public domain recording of this sonata visit [http://musopen.com Musopen]
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