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The FarewellLes Adieux · Op. 81a · I

Ludwig van Beethoven

  • Difficulty 8
  • E-flat major
  • 7 min
  • 257 measures

The first movement of Beethoven's Les Adieux Sonata, Op. 81a, published in 1811 and dedicated to Archduke Rudolph. Built on a slow three-chord farewell motive at the start, the movement leads without a break into a fast main section driven by chords and octaves between the hands. Beethoven wrote the German syllables for farewell over the opening three chords when Napoleon's attack forced Archduke Rudolph to leave Vienna.

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