Beethoven's 1st Piano Sonata & Mozart

Beethoven1

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Beethoven's 1st Piano Sonata & Mozart

09-15-2004, 09:33 PM

Has anyone noticed that the opening of Beethoven's Piano Sonata #1 is very similar to the main theme in the first movement of Mozart's Symphony #25?
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Peter

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09-15-2004, 10:52 PM

Yes it is a common arpeggio pattern - other examples include Mendelssohn's quartet op.44 no.2 1st mov, Mozart quartet k.465 'Dissonance' 2nd theme of 3rd mov and the finale of Mozart's 40th symphony.

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