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
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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