What Is The Connection Between Beethoven's Later Years

Introduction This essay will link Beethoven’s life in his later years with his style of writing in his later piano sonatas, specifically op. 109 and 110. First, I will give a brief background on Beethoven’s later years. Then, I will provide my personal musical analysis on the two piano sonatas. Finally, I will explain a connection between Beethoven’s later years and the two sonatas. Background on Beethoven’s Later Years
Scholars opinions on how Beethoven wrote piano sonata op. 109 differ. Lockwood believes Beethoven was rushing ahead of himself and the first movement was composed by some notes he quickly jotted down. Cooper believes Beethoven took his friend/secretary Oliva’s advice and used a piece he had already written separately as the