Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany.1770-1827), a representative composer of classical period is known as a great composer. He completed the classical period and opened the romantic period of music. He finished the traditional characteristics of classicism ...
Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany.1770-1827), a representative composer of classical period is known as a great composer. He completed the classical period and opened the romantic period of music. He finished the traditional characteristics of classicism such as formality, objectivity and accuracy. He also successfully unified variation and fuga technique in the form of sonata through his desire to be free from formality. It had a great influence on the later composers to use these romantic elements to express the personal emotion and individuality he adopted. In his third period, his originality and an artistic temperature became more deep in piano sonata op.110.
We can say that profundity and creativity were expressed well in this composition. The artistic characteristics of this work are as follows. He tried to reform many musical elements the first movement, for example composing of the free form of sonata separate from classical frame and the use of lyrical subject melody. In the third movement, the relation with fuga subject and shorter developed part than any other sonata. In addition, it resembles romantic music in the fact that he adopted an abundantly beautiful melody with Enharmonic - tone modulation and brilliant trill.
In the second movement, he used the fast scherzo movement instead of the usual slow one. It was characterised by the popular folk-song melody, the romantic and chromatic modulation for harmony, and frequent syncopation for rhythm.
In the third movement, he used free technique in the form of sonata out of his desire to be free from the formality. Impromptue recitative, Arioso and fuga departing from the strict counterpoint in baroque is full of the expression of Beethoven's originality and artistic temperature.