Paul Gaugain compared this piece to "the somber harmonies of brown and dull violet in Delacroix.
Paul Gaugain compared this piece to "the somber harmonies of brown and dull violet in Delacroix." The twelfth measure of this piece's first movement changes to a bright "Allegro di molto e con brio" in cut time, after it opens with the tempo marking "Grave" over a richly scored C minor chord. Its third movement, a Rondo: Allegro, returns to C minor, after the A flat minor of its second movement, a flowing Adagio Cantabile. It shares its name with a symphony whose second movement contains an unusual waltz in 5/4 time. For 10 points, identify this piano sonata, the eighth by Beethoven, which its name with Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony.
Paul Gaugain compared this piece to "the somber harmonies of brown and dull violet in Delacroix.
Pathetique sonata [or Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonata no. 8 in C minor]