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The Violin Music Of Beethoven, 1902
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1The sonata in A major consists of an Allegro vivace in six-eight time, an Andante, "Più tosto Allegretto" in A minor, two-four time, and an Allegro piacevole, three-four time.
3A glance at the above quotation, giving the first subject of the Allegro vivace, shows its interchangeable character with regard to the two instruments. This first movement already reveals to us Beethoven as the bold innovator in formal construction. The second subject, instead of appearing in the usual dominant key, starts on the dominant of F sharp minor—the sub-median—but is very modulatory in character. We pass rapidly within the limits of sixteen bars through F sharp minor, G major, E major, F major, and back again to E major. And after the "free fantasia," or development section, we are presented with the first subject in D major—the sub-
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