Rage Over a Lost Penny

The so-called " Rage over a Lost Penny " is the popular name of a piano works by Ludwig van Beethoven. The original title is " Alla Ingharese quasi un Capriccio ".

It is the best known of Beethoven's four Rondos. The performance period is between six and almost seven minutes.

The subtitle ' rage over the lost penny spent itself in a Whim " is not from Beethoven, but was probably added by Beethoven's secretary and biographer Anton Schindler. And you can also quite the two motifs of the rondo theme - interpret as hopping and gyroscopes of the penny and the repetitive chords in the left hand as " angry " accompaniment - the ascending triad and the subsequent rapid semiquaver movement.

The original name " alla ingharese ," meaning " Hungarian style " refers to the vividness, the temperament and "quasi un capriccio " meaning " as a Capriccio ," says the moodiness and originality, combined with the motives of the modified and, surprisingly, be placed in unexpected keys, but so that they always remain recognizable in its basic form and, as befits a rondo, in between back into its original shape show.

Although this G major Rondo wearing the opus number 129, it is no late work. Sketches are from the years 1795 to 1798, Beethoven was thus about 25 years old when he composed this today popular virtuoso piece.