[EggsAckley]

Excellent article. Thanks for posting it.

EggsAckley, Master of Arts, Beethoven’s Five ‘Cello Sonatas,
San Jose State University

[Publius]

The third cello sonata, Opus 69, has some amazing attributes. The first movement works in units of six bars, not the usual four-and-eight construction.

But it's the scherzo that is a step ahead of the competition. He uses that ostinato B-A figure throughout the scherzo proper and the trio as a unifying motif, anticipating John Williams' "Jaws" motif with a different time signature. It's the most radical thing Beethoven had written up to that point.