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Absence – The ReturnLes Adieux · Op. 81a · II–III

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Difficulty 8
  • E-flat major
  • 10 min
  • 239 measures

The second and third movements of Beethoven's Les Adieux Sonata, Op. 81a, published in 1811 and dedicated to Archduke Rudolph. Linked without a pause, a slow, expressive movement with ornate right-hand lines over chords bursts directly into a lively, fast-moving finale. Beethoven titled the two movements Absence and The Return after Napoleon's attack forced his patron Archduke Rudolph to leave Vienna.

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