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... His most famous works include his Fifth Symphony, Ninth Symphony, the piano piece "Für Elise", the "Moonlight" Sonata, and the "Pathétique" Sonata, which I have chosen to analyze. This Sonata represents one of the few cases in which the popular title came from the composer himself - its full name is Grande sonata pathétique, in other words it means pathetic in the sense of suffering. ... This sonata was published in 1799, though written the year before, when the composer was about 27 years old. ... The "Pathétique" Sonata is perhaps the earliest of Beethovens compositions to achieve widespread and continuing popularity. Many music historians judge that Beethoven was the first Romantic composer, and those who do might well regard this sonata as defining the start of the Romantic period. The sonata is in three movements: Grave- allegro di molto e con brio, Adagio cantabile, and the Rondo.
The first movement is in standard first movement sonata form. ...
The sonata closes with a 2/2-sonata rondo movement in C minor, which departs to E flat and A flat major. ... The Pathétique Sonata takes about 19 minutes or so to actually perform it. ...
Beethovens 8th Sonata analysis is as follows: the name of the piece is Beethoven Sonata No. ... To start the analysis, I first looked at the texture of the piece, which is in a polyphonic texture. ... Beethovens music has touched and influenced the ears and hearts of many for the past 150 years or so and will continue to do so for at least 150 or more.
Approximate Word count = 1183
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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