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❈ German Composer and Pianist (1770-1827)
❈ Composed Symphonies, Chamber Music, Concerti,
Piano Sonata’s, etc…
❈ Struggled with personal life, illness (chronic
abdominal pain, deafness)
Age 13
Age 19
Age 33
Age 45
Age 53
 Piano work written in 1810 Not published until 1865
 Official Title: Bagatelle in A Minor WoO 59
 Bagatelle- something of little value or significance; trifle
 Bagatelle (music)- a short light piece of music, usually
written for piano
 Rondo Form
A
A’
B
A
C
A
A
* Iconic opening minor theme
* Flowing sixteenth note arpeggiations
A’
* Extends theme in major for a brief moment
* Only time this part is heard or played in the piece
B
* Arpeggiation continues in the left hand with some
chords introduced for the first time
* Right hand melody is scalar and has some significant
leaps
* Thirty-second notes appear in the right hand melody
A
* Iconic opening minor theme
* Flowing sixteenth note arpeggiations
C
* Repeated sixteenth note pedal in the left hand with
some chords
* Right hand is slower rhythmically and features
chords for the first time
* Arpeggiated and scalar sixteenth note triplets in the
right hand melody
A
* Iconic opening minor theme
* Flowing sixteenth note arpeggiations
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