PIANO SONATA No. '11 in C MAJOR, Op.

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PIANO SONATA No. 21 in C MAJOR CWALDSTEINII)

Op. 53 (1803-1804) I first movement
Ludwig van Beethoven C1. 770-1. 827)

Dedicated to a patron, Count von Waldstein, and often identified by his name, this sonata opens
with a tumultuous allegro of great scope. How has Beethoven here modified the traditional procedures
of Classical sonata form? Where is the movement's chief climax? I 5

Allegro eon brio

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.s Roger Kamien analyzes portions of this movement in "Aspects of the Recapitulation in Beethoven Piano Sonatas," The Music Forum, vol.
IV (New York: Columbia University Press, 1976, p. 205ff). See also Charles Rosen, Sonata Forms (op. cit., pp. 79-80 and 289-290).
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