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Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Performance Video
Difficulty: Normal
19 Pages
Key Information
- Instrument 4
- PianoViolinViolaCello
- Pages
- 19
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Type
- 1 Staff
- Instrumentation
- Ensemble
- Lyrics
- Not included
- Chord
- Not included
- Instrument
- Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
- Pages
- 19
- Difficulty
- Normal
- Type
- 1 Staff
- Instrumentation
- Ensemble
- Lyrics
- Not included
- Chord
- Not included
This piano trio arrangement of the second movement from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathétique” preserves the elegant melody and harmonic richness of the original work. To enhance playability, the key has been transposed from A-flat major to A major. While maintaining the original structure, additional notes and harmonies have been incorporated to create a fuller chamber music texture. The violin part reaches 5th position, and the cello part uses up to 6th position.
This piano trio arrangement of the second movement from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 “Pathétique” preserves the elegant melody and harmonic richness of the original work. To enhance playability, the key has been transposed from A-flat major to A major. While maintaining the original structure, additional notes and harmonies have been incorporated to create a fuller chamber music texture. The violin part reaches 5th position, and the cello part uses up to 6th position.