Beethoven Number 15

I chose to analyze Beethoven’s Piano Sonata number 15. Sonata number 15 is opus/work number 28. There are 4 movements in the work, but I chose to analyze the first movement. Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770 into a family of musicians ("Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Beethoven" pars. 1-2). Beethoven began writing music at a young age ("Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Beethoven" par. 4). He composed his first original Sonata in 1797 ("Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Beethoven" par. 8). It does not state when he performed Piano Sonata number 15, but Alexander Thayer believed that Beethoven composed this work in 1801 (298). The first movement is typically the fast movement, and the movement in this piece is no different.
In this piece, the tempo marking is andante, which is a walking speed. So, it has a slower, leisurely tempo. The time signature is 2/4 in the second movement. The third movement is typically the dance movement known as minuet. The third movement in this piece follows this, but is not called a minuet. Beethoven tended to speed up the third movement and this is known as scherzo. The tempo is allegro vivace which is very fast. The time signature for the third movement is 3/4 which follows the normal form. The fourth movement typically returns to fast. The fourth movement in this piece follows this form. The tempo is allegro ma non troppo which means play fast but not too fast. The time signature of this movement is 6/8. The overall form of the sonata follows the basic form given for the first movement in
I do not know if that is what Beethoven thought about as he wrote it, but it is the perfect tempo for dancing. The second theme seems hurried as if it trying to get away from someone or something. It reminds me of either a race or two men vying for one girl and arguing over her. The development sounds as if something went wrong and someone is panicking. The men both realize they like the same girl and they are not backing down. It slows down at the end of the development, like a stand-off. Each one of the men do something small to try to get the girls attention. They all begin dancing again at the beginning of the recapitulation. Throughout the recapitulation, she is dancing with one man, and then the other man steals her away. They are pulling her back and forth during the second subject. She is trying to choose and dances by herself for a little while. She chooses one of the men during the coda and they dance until the song