The 22nd Sonata stands as an enigmatic work right in the middle of Beethoven's "heroic" middle period. Whereas most of his sonatas from this era, especially its immediate predecessor and successor, the "Waldstein" and "Appassionata" respectively, are very ambitious works, this one is among his shortest by far. Its two-movement form is also quite bizarre. By beginning with a minuet, it leaves the impression of a sonata with its two first movements missing.

All that said, what this sonata may lack in the ambition and drama that characterizes both of its neighbors works it more than makes up for in wit and charm, and it's not worth being overlooked.
The first movement of this work unfolds as a simple ABABA form. The movement's themes are almost as different from each other as one could imagine, the first a relaxed minuet in F major, the second a rather more scherzo-like dance in C major (0:41).

Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
I. In tempo d'un menuetto

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

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