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The piano sonata, from Mozart to Prokofiev
Twelve piano sonatas from Mozart and Haydn to Prokofiev's war sonata of 1942.
Mozart → Haydn → Beethoven → Schubert → Chopin → Liszt → Berg → Bartók → Prokofiev
Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 / BB 88
This guide follows Bartók’s Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 / BB 88 (1926) in three parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form), Sostenuto e pesante and Allegro molto.
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- I
- II e
- III
, centred mainly on the note E, which is stressed at the opening and again in the . A light, rhythmic first idea (A1) is followed by further ideas (B, C and D) to complete the . The begins next and later takes up the second idea. In the the first idea , followed by the third and the fourth, and then the begins.
- : A1
- : B1
II e 4:26–8:05
III 8:11–11:07
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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