Op. 101, 106, 109, 110 Ve 111’den Hareketle, Beethoven’ın Piyano Sonatlarında Gelişme Bölümlerinin Tematik Analizi
Özet
This study is an analytical review of the thematic structure of Development sections
of first movements of Ludwig van Beethoven’s all piano sonatas in the Sonat-
Allegro form with reference to Late Piano Sonatas.
In the Introduction section of the study; "classification of Beethoven's piano sonatas"
is discussed, followed by the second part where the method of work is exhibited. In
the third chapter (Analysis), a comprehensive analysis, consisting of “determination
of the formal structure and general characteristics such as length and mode for each
movement”, “discovering origins of materials used in the Development sections
regarding their relationships with the formal elements in the Exposition”,
“determining these materials’ amount of use in Development sections”, is carried out
for each movement of the Late Periods.
After the thematic analysis of the developmental sections of the first movements of
the Late Period piano sonatas is evaluated in the obtained findings, periodical
comparative and collective evaluations are made on all the sonatas together with the
results obtained in the previous thesis studies of Ferhat Çaylı’s “Thematic Analysis
of Development Sections in Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Early Piano Sonatas” (2014)
and “Thematic Analysis of Development Sections in Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Mid-
Term Piano Sonatas” by Saime Zeynep Aydın.
It was concluded that; in the light of findings obtained from all periods the
movements are grouped as "Short", "Medium" and "Long" according to their lengths,
,10 different kinds of materials are used in the Development sections, the most
frequently used materials are of Theme 1, the usage rate of the materials from Theme
1 increases as the periods progress, at the beginnings and endings of the development
sections, the certain thematic templates of “Theme 1” are used predominantly, the
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use of the accompaniments outside of their thematic contexts decreases as the
periods progress.
Keywords:
Beethoven, piano sonata, sonata form, form analysis, Development section, thematic
analysis
