Question
From his first piano sonata onward, Beethoven was fond of prestissimo (“preh-STEE-see-moh”) passages for piano. For 10 points each:
[10e] A prestissimo finale ends his Piano Sonata No. 5, Opus 10 No. 1, his first to employ this key’s stormy “mood.” Beethoven chose this minor key with three flats again for his Pathétique Sonata.
ANSWER: C minor [reject “C” or “C major”]
[10m] The prestissimo coda to this piano sonata’s rondo features octave glissandi for the right hand. Beethoven dedicated this C-major piano sonata to its namesake nobleman.
ANSWER: Waldstein Sonata [or Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Opus 53 (accept either underlined portion)]
[10h] This Beethoven sonata’s prestissimo middle movement and short first movement are dwarfed by its variations finale, marked “Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (“guh-ZAHNG-foll, mit IN-nick-ster EMP-fin-dung”).” Its opening movement begins with a repeated rising third, falling fourth melody in a sixteenth – dotted eighth rhythm.
ANSWER: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Opus 109 [accept either underlined portion]
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