Piano sonata No.8 in C minor

Question 1

When was beethoven born?

Answer 1

1770

Question 2

What composer was he?

Answer 2

classical and romantic

Question 3

What does ‘Pathetique’ mean and how is it shown

Answer 3

refers to suffering, which the movement expresses via minor, chromatic chords, acceneted notes and dimished sevenths

Question 4

What form is it in

Answer 4

Sonata form, it is repetetive and constrasing

Question 5

3 parts of the form its in

Answer 5

exposition, development and recapitulation

Question 6

Features of the intro

Answer 6

heavy accented chords and right hand florid melody with left hand choral accompniment. the texture is homophonic with the use dramatic chords

Question 7

tonality

Answer 7

c minor and modulates to E b major and F minor. subdominant and relative major

Question 8

harmony

Answer 8

chromatic chords, dimished sevenths
perfect cadences
use of circle of fiths and augemnted 6th

Question 9

melody

Answer 9

introduction is based of six note motif
scalic passages and descending&ascending scales
areggios and broken chords
acciaccaturas and mordents

Question 10

texture

Answer 10

intro - homophonic
long descending monophonic passage into recapitulation
melody dominated homophony

Question 11

tempo

Answer 11

grave (very slow) and it is in common time and also very fast with vigour

Question 12

rhythm

Answer 12

dotted rhythm, septuplets and conintuous quavers, staccato crotchets.