Beethoven: Piano Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, #1, second of two movements

 

Form: labelled by Beethoven as “Rondo”

 

Rondo theme (m. 1)- G major

 

Transition (m. 16)- g minor (parallel minor), to B-flat major

Second Theme (m. 32)- B-flat major (III)

Part 1

Part 2 (m. 49)

 

Transition music (m. 68)- g minor to G Major

 

Return Rondo theme (m. 81)

 

New, shorter transition (not like g minor music above), directly to:

 

Second Theme (m. 104)- G Major

Part 1

Part 2 (m. 120)- as before, in G Major

 

Rondo theme returns (m. 135) , exchange between l.h. and r.h., leading to fermata

 

Coda (m. 153)- based on first 5 notes of Rondo theme