[Fuusm-l] Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.6 in F-Major Op.10, No.2 Last Movement: Presto

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Randy,

    Thanks for the great music and informative background.


---- Randall Kidder via Fuusm-l <fuusm-l at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> Written between 1796 and 1798. It is in the style of a scherzo, which
> eventually replaced the minuet in sonatas, chamber pieces, and symphonies.
> The minuet and scherzo were written in 3/4 meter ("waltz" time). Scherzo,
> an Italian word, means "jest" or "joke" and was lighthearted and carefree
> in nature. The last movement of this sonata is in 2/4 or duple meter so it
> is not technically a scherzo but has a similar character, and is almost in
> the nature of an Italian dance. One can almost hear the "hah HAH hah hah"
> (accent on the second "hah") of laughter in the four-note motif of the
> theme, which is treated contrapuntally in the manner of a fugue.
> In 1798, the year he completed this sonata, Beethoven began noticing
> increasing problems with his hearing. By 1801 his deafness started causing
> major problems in professional and social settings. In 1802 he wrote the
> Heiligenstadt Testament, a letter he intended to send to his two brothers
> but never did, instead keeping it tucked away among his papers. In it he
> wrote of his despair over his increasing deafness, and wrote that he was
> contemplating suicide.
> I only mention this because in spite of the worst affliction which could
> befall a musician (he was completely deaf twelve years before he died) he
> went on to compose the glorious Ninth ("Chorale") Symphony, which he never
> actually heard, except in his imagination.
> 
> Randall Kidder
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Randall Kidder <randallkidder88 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Sep 12, 2020, 7:47 PM
> Subject: Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata
> To: Randall Kidder <randallkidder88 at gmail.com>

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