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The first movement is in
The second movement is a minuet in F minor with a trio, with the return of the minuet strongly embellished. It is more reminiscent of Beethoven's
The third movement is in sonata form, with a fugal development. The exposition has theme 1 in F major and a closing section in C major. The recapitulation is unusual because the 1st theme is a fugal variation instead of a literal repeat. The movement has a coda based on the closing section.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...
's Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2, was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written from 1796 to 1798.
The sonata spans approximately 13 minutes.
Form
The sonata is divided into threemovements
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First movement
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The first movement is in sonata form
Sonata form (also ''sonata-allegro form'' or ''first movement form'') is a musical form, musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. It has been used widely since the middle ...
. The development is based on the C–G–C tag which concludes the exposition, with no clear use of any other material from the exposition. The recapitulation is unusual because the 1st theme returns in D major before modulating back to tonic for the second theme.
Second movement
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The second movement is a minuet in F minor with a trio, with the return of the minuet strongly embellished. It is more reminiscent of Beethoven's bagatelles
Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wooden ...
than of most of his minuets. The trio, in D major, has a hint of anticipation of the third movement of Symphony No. 1.
Third movement
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The third movement is in sonata form, with a fugal development. The exposition has theme 1 in F major and a closing section in C major. The recapitulation is unusual because the 1st theme is a fugal variation instead of a literal repeat. The movement has a coda based on the closing section.
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András Schiff
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on Beethoven's piano sonata Op. 10, No. 2
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