BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATA NO 24 IN F-SHARP MAJOR OP 78 A THERESE

Publisher: Henle
Level: Advanced
Format: Softcover
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Editor: Bertha Antonia Wallner

After a pause of four years, Beethoven returned to the piano sonatas genre in 1809. Unlike its predecessor, the F minor Sonata op. 57 (the Appassionata), this work strikes a new and lyrically cantabile tone that must have been the reason for its tradition-breaking two-movement structure; a slow middle movement would not have provided the necessary contrast to the outer ones. Just as unusual as the key of opus 78 is its four-measure Adagio introduction; this does not directly refer to the subsequent motifs and themes, and serves no other purpose than to conjure up the atmosphere of the entire sonata in our hearts.

Item #: 051481312
UPC: 888680662929
Size: 12.25"  x  9.25"
Pages: 12
Stock #: HL51481312