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Example 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, “Ah! Soccorso”, Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I, mm. 173-177 (Mozart
1880, 28).
References
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Behrend, William. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Pianoforte Sonatas. New York: AMS Press, 1978.
Beethoven Ludwig van, Piano Sonata in C# minor op. 27 no. 2 (“Quasi una fantasia”) Leipzig: Breitkopf und Hartel, 1862. www.imslp.org
Christian Horneman, Portrait of Beethoven (1803) Johnson, Douglas, Scott G. Burnham, William Drabkin, Joseph Kerman, and Alan Tyson. "Beethoven, Ludwig van."
Source: ARTStor, www.artsor.org. Grove Music Online. 2001; Accessed 20 Feb. 2020.
The voice line is performed by the Commendatore, who is being killed during this scene. The Commendatore was
This is a portrait of young Beethoven at the age of killed in duel by Don Giovanni when he was stabbed by a sword. This scene is very dark and eerie, and the triplets O'Shea, Gary. "'A Permanent Influence': Beethoven's Impact on Prokofiev's Piano Writing." The Musical Times 156
(2015): 49-62
thirty-two. This photo is from 2 years after enhance the mood that is being set during this scene. These triplets (shown in red) can be compared to the triplets
Beethoven composed the famous Moonlight found in Beethoven's composition. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Don Giovanni K. 527 Leipzig: Breitkopf und Hartel, 1880. www.ismlp.org
Sonata. By this point in Beethoven life he had lost O'Shea, Gary. "'A Permanent Influence': Beethoven's Impact on Prokofiev's Piano Writing." The Musical Times 156
a significant amount of his hearing. (2015): 49-62.