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Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1: II. Rondo: Allegro, in G major
Ludwig van Beethoven (1,770–1,827)
Key G major
Style Classical
Roughly RCM 8 · ABRSM 7 · Trinity 7 · Henle 4–5
Focus sonata form; Classical/Romantic large-scale structure
What its lesson teaches
Study the Rondo (Allegro), the second and last movement of Beethoven’s Sonata in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1. Despite the sonata’s name it is in G major, with a G-minor episode in the middle. In bars 149–153, play the stock cadential bass C–B–A–G, then C–D–G. Compare it with the cards’ named galant schemas: a descending bass alone does not make a Prinner. At the keyboard: improvise a phrase over a galant bass.
Technique G major scale, hands together, 2 octaves: soft, then loud, then soft
The other lesson pieces of Level 8
Sinfonia No. 1 in C major, BWV 787 Figurierter Choral (Figured Chorale), Op. 68 No. 42 Invention No. 15 in B minor, BWV 786 Moment musical in F minor, D. 780 No. 3 Elite Syncopations Improvisation, Op. 46 No. 4 Sinfonia No. 11 in G minor, BWV 797 Harlem Rag Little Prelude in F major, BWV 928 The Art of Finger Dexterity, Op. 740 No. 37
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