Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No.2,

“Moonlight”: III. Presto agitato

Anjali Kumar

HistoryLudwig Van Beethoven

Finished 1801

Opus 27: Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia

NameLudwig Rellstab-German-1832 (5 years after Beethoven died)- Ripples of Lake Lucrene Switzerland

1. Adagio sostenuto

2. Allegretto

“Moonlight”

2.Presto agitato-SonataAllegro

Dialectic

Exposition Development Recapitulation Coda

Sonata Form: Presto Agitato

Theme 1 : Key 1; i; c# min

Theme 2: Key 2; v

Closing themeEnds v→ i

Theme 1 : C# maj

transition

Transitory arpeggiations

Theme 2 variation: i; c# min

Theme 2: F# maj

v pedal (goes to i of recap)

Theme 1 : i; c# min

Theme 2:i; c# min (i is winning...)

Theme 1 : F#min?? (going to coda)

More coda momentum

Theme 2 (A): i; c# min

Dialectic Resolved

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7nqwEpIjM

Dialectic ExpositionA

B

Theme 1: with variation

Theme 1

Transition

c#min: i

intense

v

V

unexpected derailment

Theme 2

A maj

G# min: v

v

Amaj

ATransition

v: G min

Theme 2

Theme 2 variation: closing

B

v pedal——————

Transition

Repeat

Development

change in

mood

Theme 1

Theme 2 (A)

right/ left hand switch

I (C# maj)

G maj

Fmaj (IV in /C# maj)

Theme 1

(Pedal - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - pedal)

Theme 1

G pedal

v i

Recapitulation

Theme 2

C# min key

Theme 2 (B)

C# pedal

Coda

Theme 1

Theme 2 variation: closing

Fmin

Theme 2 (hands swtiched)

C# min

Dialectic is resolved: Theme 2 in key 1

C# min: I

i

(incase you dont know the key—>C# pedal

Taking an extra lap before…

v i