beethoven bagatelle c major op 33 no 2
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Beethoven wrote this, his first set of Bagatelles, at a time when his style was rapidly evolving. He would turn out his watershed Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" the following year and thereafter regularly strike out new paths in the symphonic, keyboard, choral, and chamber genres. Although the date of composition in the headnote accurately reflects the period Beethoven worked on the seven bagatelles comprising the Op. 33 set, sketches for some of the pieces date back to much earlier times, as early as 1783. The works in the collection are generally light, energetic, and brief. These seven Bagatelles, however, while well-crafted and quite attractive, are light and relatively unadventurous works.The Bagatelle No. 2 in C major is a Scherzo marked Allegro. Its main part features a light, jumpy theme followed by a serious second subject. The trio section features a vibrant theme of mostly ascending sonorities based on the second subject.TRANSCRIPT
