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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas, Episode 2

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Beethoven's Piano Sonatas

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2005

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This episode explores the Classical style that Beethoven inherited from Haydn and Mozart, highlighting some of its more notable features. Then we look at Beethoven's Piano Sonata no. 1 in F Minor, op. 2, no. 1, from 1795, as both an homage to Mozart and an example of Beethoven's pianistic audacity

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