On the Artistic Characteristics of the First Movement of
Betoven’s Pathetique Sonata
Abstract: Betoven has composed thirty-two piano sonata in his lifetime, which occupy the very important status in the music history. The sonata No. 13—Pathetique Sonata, is the masterpiece in his early piano compositions. In this composition, new ways and forms of piano sonata are explored and developed by Betoven, and the dramaticism is also promoted to a new high level, especially the first movement, its grand meditation, solemn and stirring, the whole movement is full of struggle and passion, the paper makes the analyses from several aspects of he first movement of Pathetique Sonata, that is, its compositional background, the musical structures, the characteristics of the melody and the historical status, aiming to make known the unique artistic value and its significance to the artistic development of the music.
Key words: Betoven; Pathetique Sonata; the First Movement
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