A Beethoven piece in this genre begins with an Allegro assai movement in F minor and 12/8 time.
A Beethoven piece in this genre begins with an Allegro assai movement in F minor and 12/8 time. An A major chord slowly arpeggiated over two octaves begins a D minor piece of this type whose opening repeatedly alternates tempos between Largo and Allegro. Brahms's F minor third piece in this genre repeatedly quotes the "fate motif" from Beethoven's fifth. Beethoven wrote a C minor piece in this genre best known for its A-flat major Adagio cantabile second movement; his other pieces of this type include (*) Tempest and Appassionata. The opening Adagio sostenuto movement of a piece in this genre in C-sharp minor was compared to nighttime reflections on Lake Lucerne. For 10 points, name this genre of solo keyboard music, including Beethoven's Pathétique and Moonlight.
A Beethoven piece in this genre begins with an Allegro assai movement in F minor and 12/8 time.
piano sonata [prompt on sonata]