Piano Sonata No.8
Lola and Zeynap analyse Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.8, 笔补迟丑茅迟颈辩耻别
Piano Sonata No.8, 笔补迟丑茅迟颈辩耻别, is one of the most celebrated of Beethoven鈥檚 works from the Classical period1750 - 1825. . It was written in 1798, when Beethoven was 27, and published in 1799.
The work is commonly named 笔补迟丑茅迟颈辩耻别 due to the tragic and expressive nature of the music. The piece features extreme dynamicsThe volume of the music. and pitchThe frequency of a sound. Sounds with a high pitch have a high frequency. as well as virtuosityPerformance at a very high level of musical skill and ability., which was very forward-looking for its time. This sonata is often described as being Classic RomanticA composition or composer that spans both the Classical and Romantic periods.. This style of composition contrasted with the balanced phrasing of Mozart and 贬补测诲苍鈥檚 music. The term sonata formA form used in classical sonatas, symphonies and concertos which consists of exposition, development and recapitulation sections. relates to the structureThe organisation of musical sections to create contrast, development and order in an overall form, eg verse-chorus. of the composition.
The work is in three movements:
- graveA very slow tempo.-allegro di molto e con brioFast with much energy.
- adagio cantabileSlowly, in a singing style.
- rondoA music structure that continually returns to the A section, eg A-B-A-C-A.-allegroFast.
Sonata form
Beethoven wrote 32 sonatas for piano in total. Sonata form was the most prominent musical structure of the Classical period and is divided into three sections.
Exposition
The exposition has its own structure:
- first subject
- main melody 1
- second subject
- main melody 2
The second subject is usually in the dominant, relative major or minor key. Between each of the sections there are transition links.
Development
The development takes all of the ideas of the first and second subjects from the exposition and manipulates each idea to sound different, such as a change in pitch. This section moves through lots of different key signatures.
Recapitulation
The first and second subjects heard in the exposition are repeated in this section. However, the second subject is now in the tonicThe first degree of a scale and the central key of music. In Roman numerals this is I. key instead of a related key signature. A codaClosing section at the end of a piece of music, song or movement. concludes the movement.
Like many of Beethoven鈥檚 compositions, the Piano Sonata No.8 makes great use of short motifA short musical idea or phrase.. In another of Beethoven pieces - Symphony No.5 - short motifs are again at the centre of the composition.