It would not be the right approach to see the sonata form as just the usual “Exposition-Development-Recapitulation” structure: Most of the slow movements - generally the second - of the multi-movement compositions such as the sonata, symphony, string quartet, etc., are written in the ‘sonata form without development’, a ‘modified’ version of that form. Besides, this structure is also found in overtures. It is noteworthy that, as the name suggests, the sonata form without development which consists of the Exposition and the Recapitulation parts is referred to by many different names such as “abridged sonata form”, “Type 1 sonata”, “Two-part Adagio form”, “Cavatina form” in the literature. In this study, detailed form analysis is carried out on the second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's piano sonata in f minor, Op. 2/1, which is an example of a sonata form without development; to contribute to the education programs of Musical Forms lessons within the institutions that provide vocational music education. The six-dimensional analysis is presented through a special representation model called the ‘multi-layered analysis scheme’ that reveals the ‘hierarchical’ relationships between all the formal elements, large and small, determined in the section. As a result of the analysis, it has been concluded that it would not be an accurate and well-grounded approach to accept this section as a ternary or rondo form. And also, the other results reached in the study are as follows: Sentence lengths vary according to sentence types. Contrary to the views of Hepokoski and Darcy, the 31st measure of the movement was accepted as a “transition”, not a “minimal link”. In the second theme design, the composer’s use of the six-note motif, which plays a primary role in achieving melodic integrity in the first theme, brings these two themes, which are opposite in terms of their rhythmic structures, almost closer to each other.

Sonata form without development, Beethoven, Op. 2/1, Adagio, multi-layered analysis scheme