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The rondo or rondeau is a musical form that contains a principal theme which alternates with one or more contrasting themes. Some possible patterns include: ABACA, ABACAB, ABACBA, or ABACABA.
Title page of Franz Rigler's "Three Rondos" (1790)
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, commonly known as Sonata Pathétique, was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old and was published in 1799. It has remained one
Rondo
…Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo for piano and orchestra, WoO, 6 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 13, last movement Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, last movement…
1801 engraving by Johann Joseph Neidl, after a now-lost portrait of Beethoven by Gandolph Ernst Stainhauser von Treuberg, ca. 1800