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Beethoven Piano Sonata Keyscapes

This page shows keyscapes for all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. Click on each keyscape plot to view a larger version. Below is the key to color mapping for the plots. Major keys are the brighter row in the legend, and minor keys are the darker row. Click here to view the same plots using a color mapping relative to the function of the tonic key of each movement.

Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 2/1
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
2. Adagio
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
3. Minuet: Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
4. Prestissimo
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
Piano Sonata no. 2 in A major, op. 2/2
1. Allegro vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
A major
2. Largo appassionato
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
3. Scherzo: Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
A major
4. Rondo: Grazioso
(score) (kern) (midi)
A major
Piano Sonata no. 3 in C major, op. 2/3
1. Allegro con brio
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
2. Adagio
(score) (kern) (midi)
E major
3. Scherzo: Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
4. Allegro assai
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
Piano Sonata no. 4 in E♭ major ("Grand Sonata"), op. 7
1. Allegro molto e con brio
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
2. Largo, con gran expressione
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
3. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
4. Rondo: Poco allegretto e grazioso
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
Piano Sonata no. 5 in C Minor, op. 10/1
1. Allegro molto e con brio
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
2. Adagio molto
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
3. Finale: Prestissimo
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
Piano Sonata no. 6 in F major, op. 10/2
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
2. Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
3. Presto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
Piano Sonata no. 7 in D major, op. 10/3
1. Presto
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
2. Largo e mesto
(score) (kern) (midi)
D minor
3. Minuetto: Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
4. Rondo: Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
Piano Sonata no. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique"), op. 13
1. Grave—Allegro molto e con brio
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
2. Adagio cantabile
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
3. Rondo: Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
Piano Sonata no. 9 in E major, op. 14/1
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
E major
2. Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
E minor
3. Rondo: Allegro commodo
(score) (kern) (midi)
E major
Piano Sonata no. 10 in G major, op. 14/2
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
2. Andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
3. Scherzo: Allegro assai
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
Piano Sonata no. 11 in B♭ major, op. 22
1. Allegro con brio
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
2. Adagio con molt' espressione
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
3. Minuetto
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
4. Rondo: Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
Piano Sonata no. 12 in A♭ major ("Funeral March"), op. 26
1. Andante con variazioni
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
2. Scherzo: Allegro molto
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
3. Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un eroe: Maestoso andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ minor
4. Rondo: Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
Piano Sonata no. 13 in E♭ major ("Quasi una fantasia"), op. 27/1
1. Andante—Allegro—Andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
2. Allegro molto e vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
3. Adagio con expressione
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
4. Finale: Allegro vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
Piano Sonata no. 14 in C♯ minor ("Moonlight"), op. 27/2
1. Adagio sostenuto
(score) (kern) (midi)
C♯ minor
2. Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
D♭ major
3. Presto agitato
(score) (kern) (midi)
C♯ minor
Piano Sonata no. 15 in D major ("Pastoral"), op. 28
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
2. Andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
D minor
3. Scherzo: Allego vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
4. Rondo: Allegro non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
D major
Piano Sonata no. 16 in G major, op. 31/1
1. Allegro vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
2. Adagio grazioso
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
3. Rondo: Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
Piano Sonata no. 17 in D minor ("Tempest"), op. 31/2
1. Largo—Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
D minor
2. Adagio
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
3. Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
D minor
Piano Sonata no. 18 in E♭ major ("The Hunt"), op. 31/3
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
2. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
3. Menuetto: Moderato e grazioso
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
4. Presto con fuoco
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, op. 49/1
1. Andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
G minor
2. Rondo: Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, op. 49/2
1. Allegro ma non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
2. Tempo di minuetto
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major ("Waldstein"), op. 53
1. Allegro con brio
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
2. Introduzione: Adagio molto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
3. Rondo: Allegretto moderato
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
Piano Sonata no. 22 in F major, op. 54
1. In tempo d'un menuetto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
2. Allegretto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor ("Appassionata"), op. 57
1. Allegro assai
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
2. Andante con moto
(score) (kern) (midi)
D♭ major
3. Allegro ma non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
Piano Sonata no. 24 in F♯ major ("À Thérèse"), op. 78
1. Adagio cantabile—Allegro ma non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
F♯ major
2. Allegro vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
F♯ major
Piano Sonata no. 25 in G major ("Cuckoo"), op. 79
1. Presto alla tedesca
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
2. Andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
G minor
3. Vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
G major
Piano Sonata no. 26 in E♭ major ("Les Adieux"), op. 81a
1. Les Adieux: Adagio—Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
2. L'Absence: Andante espressivo
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
3. Le Retour: Vivacissimamente
(score) (kern) (midi)
E♭ major
Piano Sonata no. 27 in E minor, op. 90
1. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck
(score) (kern) (midi)
E minor
2. Rondo: Nicht zu geschwind und sehr singbar vorgetragen
(score) (kern) (midi)
E major
Piano Sonata no. 28 in A major, op. 101
1. Allegro ma non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
A major
2. Vivace alla marcia
(score) (kern) (midi)
F major
3. Adagio ma non troppo con affetto
(score) (kern) (midi)
A minor
4. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
A major
Piano Sonata no. 29 in B♭ major ("Hammerklavier"), op. 106
1. Allegro
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
2. Scherzo: Assai vivace
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
3. Adagio sostenuto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F♯ minor
4. Introduzione: Largo—Fuga: Allegro risoluto
(score) (kern) (midi)
B♭ major
Piano Sonata no. 30 in E major, op. 109
1. Vivace ma non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
E major
2. Prestissimo
(score) (kern) (midi)
E minor
3. Andante
(score) (kern) (midi)
E major
Piano Sonata no. 31 in A♭ major, op. 110
1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ major
2. Scherzo: Allegro molto
(score) (kern) (midi)
F minor
3. Adagio ma non troppo
(score) (kern) (midi)
A♭ minor
Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111
1. Maestoso—Allegro con brio ed appassionato
(score) (kern) (midi)
C minor
2. Arietta: Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile
(score) (kern) (midi)
C major
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