Musical Characteristics Of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.5 Performance Analysis

Ludwig van Beethoven(1770-1827)was the representative figure of the classical period,whose thirty-two piano sonatas are known as the "New Testament".Piano Sonata No.5 is one of the representative sonatas created by Beethoven in his early days.It is composed of three movements,which breaks the form of four movements sonatas written by Haydn and Mozart.Piano Sonata No.5 was composed in 1796 and completed in 1798.Although this work is Beethoven’s early creation,but in this work,is full of conflict,while retaining the characteristics of classicism,but also with a certain impact on classicism,forming a unique style of Beethoven.In this paper,through the collection of the fifth piano sonata data,the first chapter discusses the background of Beethoven’ s creation,the second chapter starts from the musical text of the work,analyzes the musical form,the third chapter starts from the musical characteristics,the "contending" vocabulary features,"contending" melody features are elaborated.The fourth chapter analyzes the performance of the works from the aspects of speed and strength,touch keys,pedal,etc.,hoping to combine theory with practice,which will be helpful to piano performance in the future.