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Funeral March on the Death of a HeroPiano Sonata in A-flat major · Op. 26 · III

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Difficulty 6
  • A-flat minor
  • 6 min
  • 77 measures

The third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in A-flat major, Op. 26, published in Vienna in 1802: a funeral march on the death of a hero. Marked Maestoso andante, in A-flat minor and 4/4, its dotted chords tread slowly through distant keys; a middle section in A-flat major imitates drum rolls and fanfares before the march returns and closes quietly in the major. Beethoven later scored it for orchestra. This edition follows Heinrich Schenker's Universal Edition.

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