After a contrasting middle that turns to the minor mode, a complete reprise of the opening introduces a bit of intensifying variation in the closing phrase.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Dussek, Sonata, Op31n2, II
Jan Dussek's Three Sonatas, Op. 31 (1812) are an odd lot of a piano solo sonata sandwiched between two piano trios. The slow movement of the solo sonata opens with a rising figure that traces a line from ^5 to ^8, a figure repeated directly to close (see mm. 7-8).
After a contrasting middle that turns to the minor mode, a complete reprise of the opening introduces a bit of intensifying variation in the closing phrase.
After a contrasting middle that turns to the minor mode, a complete reprise of the opening introduces a bit of intensifying variation in the closing phrase.
