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Beethoven's late period classical music: Piano Sonata No. 28 [HD]

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Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101, was written in 1816 and was dedicated to the pianist Baroness Dorothea Ertmann, née Graumen. This sonata brings us into what is generally regarde as Beethoven's final period, where the forms are more complex, ideas more wide-ranging, textures more polyphonic, and the treatment of the themes and motifs even more sophisticated than before. Op.101 well exemplified this new style, and Beethoven exploits the newly expanded keyboard compass of the day. This piano sonata runs consists of four movements: 1. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. (Somewhat lively and with innermost sensibility.) Allegretto ma non troppo 2. Lebhaft, marschmäßig. (Lively, march-like.) Vivace alla marcia 3. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. (Slow and longingly.) Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto 4. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr und mit Entschlossenheit. (Swiftly, but not overly and with determination.) Allegro First movement This movement is in A major, 6/8 time, in sonata form. The tempo marking for the opening movement, Etwas Lebhaft und mit innigsten Empfindung is roughly translated as "rather lively and with the warmest feeling." Four-part harmony and contrapuntal texture is used throughout the movement. Though the sonata is marked as being in A major, Beethoven does not write any cadences on the tonic key; the exposition and development do not include a single root position A major chord. The first tonic chord in root position appears towards the end of the recapitulation. It appears once more at the end of the recapitulation, but even then is blunted by the omission of the fifth scale degree. Second movement The second movement is in F major, 4/4 time. It takes the form of a march in ternary form, and is characterized by dotted rhythms, harmonic dislocation and alternation between static and accelerando. Third and fourth movements This slow movement is in a minor, 2/4 time. The opening melody of the first movement is recalled just as the third movement nears its conclusion in original tempo and meter. A group of trills lead directly to the fourth movement. More than 320 measures in length, the fourth movement is the longest and the most technically chanllenging movement in this sonata, and one of the most difficult single movement in Beethoven's sonatas. This piano sonata takes aprroximately 20-25 minutes to perform, while the fourth movement alone takes up about half length. ----------------------------------------------------- The text above is offered by courtesy of Wikipedia, under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Performed by: Paavali Jumppanen Licensed by: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston Music license: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Website: www.gardnermuseum.org We have done extensive research for each of the pictures and songs used on our channel. To the best of our knowledge, the copyright licenses of this picture and this song allow for their use in these circumstances. If we have made a mistake, and that is not the case, please contact us at hdclassicalmusic@outlook.com, and we will take immediate measures. Also, if you want to make any suggestions, just contact us at the same address :).