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Beethoven Sonata Op. 2, No. 3
(Second Movement)

You answered correctly by choosing this classical sonata. Its lovely second movement, marked adagio, was dedicated to none other than Franz Joseph Haydn. The movement stays in E major for only ten measures before immersing us gently into the tonic minor key for a prolonged period of time. In this E minor section, the left hand takes over the melodic material.

The movement concludes in the key of E major, with the same charm and grace that it began with. All of the other movements (the first, third and fourth) are in C major.

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Haydn’s Hob XVI: 24 and Mozart’s KV 280 were written in 1773 and 1774 respectively. The slow movements of both of these works are marked adagio.

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