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What are the three main parts of Beethoven's pathetique sonata in order

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Exposition - development - recapitulation
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Answer:

Grave - Cantabile - Rondò

Step-by-step explanation:

The so-called Pathetic is Beethoven's first Sonata with more dramatic paints, opening a new path in the composer's work - a path that would only come to fruition in his symphonic music later, in Concert no. 3 for the 1800's and the 1804 Heroic Symphony.

There are 3 movements:

I. Grave - Allegro di molto and con brio

(Very slowly - Fast with emphasis and with panache) - about 9 minutes

The opening, with strong chords, full of dramatic solemnity, already marks a watershed between Classicism, which was lagging behind, and Romanticism that would flourish in the next decade.

II. Cantabile Adagio (Calm and Countable) - about 6 minutes

A moment of great delicacy, very subtle and smooth. A simple and evocative melody, somewhat melancholy.

III. Rondò: Allegro (Cyclic: Fast) - about 5 minutes

A resounding finale, in which Beethoven's indelible fingerprint is present. The immense eloquence of this movement - and of the Sonata as a whole - brought evidence to the composer's name, attracting precisely by the dramatic force of the song.

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