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The music returns to C major and the sweet theme is repeated, followed by a series of
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1187:No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
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1080:No. 21 in C major, Op. 53
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972:No. 9 in E major, Op. 14/1
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1082:(Waldstein)
1061:No. 18 in E
1023:(Moonlight)
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1004:No. 13 in E
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411:exposition
390:duple time
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111:Dedication
58:Other name
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698:arpeggios
695:major 7th
413:with two
346:movements
342:Waldstein
248:Movements
242:Waldstein
232:glissando
230:features
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171:, Op. 81a
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131:Beethoven
121:Movements
62:Waldstein
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653:staccato
642:triplets
634:dominant
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373:compound
198:L'Aurora
190:Bohemian
164:, Op. 57
103:Composed
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667:cadence
657:C minor
646:episode
532:A minor
528:A major
511:mediant
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497:tremolo
493:G major
487:to the
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369:F major
358:C major
354:Allegro
323:in 1932
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218:, high
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