Pathetique Sonata 1st Movement

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Born into a musical family in Germany in 1770

He was pulled out of school at 11 to focus solely on music

In his career he wrote 9 symphonies ,an opera ,numerous string quartets and 32 piano sonatas

Moved to Vienna to study Mozart and Haydn

He began losing his hearing in 1796 and eventually became profoundly deaf

made a living in Vienna by writing music and performing concerts

Even though he was deaf he continued to write music

Sonata Form

Sonata_form_pyramid

Exposition

Development

Recapitulation

1st Subject

2nd Subject

-Home Key
-Lively and dramatic

-Contrast the 1st Subject
-Different Key

Main themes and subjects are introduced

-Develop the subjects
-Key modulates

-Repeats the 1st subject in the home key

-Ends in the coda

Introduction

Bars 1-10

Grave- Slow

Pronounced gravay

Intense and dramatic

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