Essay Archive - Beethoven's 8th Sonata: Analysis
Beethoven's 8th Sonata: Analysis
SONG/PIECE: BEETHOVEN SONATA NO.8 in C minor OPUS NO.13,
1st Mov. (PATHETIQUE)
PIANIST: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
Texture - This piece is in a polyphonic texture. This piece has
many variety of textures including thick, thin, and light
sound.
Melody - (bar 1-10), there is an introduction of a slower melody
which will lead to a faster melody in the exposition in
bar 12.
Rhythm - The rhythm is fairly straight forward with quite a few
dotted eighths ....
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