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Neefe, Christian Gottlob : Canzonetta C-Dur

Work Overview

Music ID : 17939
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：0 min 40 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
Original/Related Work： omnibus 《PRECEDE INVENTION -POLYPHONIC MUSIC FOR PIANO-》
Piano Solo
piano solo
C dur

Commentary (2)

Author : Kumamoto, Ryohei

Last Updated: July 21, 2025
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

In C major, in ternary form.

  • A (measures 1-8)
  • B (measures 9-16)
  • A (measures 17-24)

The composer, Neefe, is known as Beethoven's first important teacher.

The theme is developed in the opening four measures, and from measure 5, it ascends and descends significantly through arpeggiated lines and stepwise motion, leading to a cadence.

From measure 9, the theme, which began with a sequence, also develops in a developmental manner, first repeating as a sequence while modulating partially to the subdominant (IV) and then to the supertonic (II), before returning to the tonic from measure 13.

While concise, the masterful development of the motif and the structure, which seems to have stripped away anything superfluous, are also observed later in Beethoven's works. This resemblance is deeply moving, reminding us of the master-disciple relationship between the two.

Writer: Kumamoto, Ryohei

Author : Ooi, Kazurou

Last Updated: March 12, 2018
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Writer: Ooi, Kazurou
Japanese