the subdominant key and leading back to the tonic, which is a conventional procedure in classical sonata recapitulations. At the end of the recapitulation, instead of giving the perfect cadence in the exact parallel location to that of the exposition, Beethoven delays the resolution for an extra 6 measures, during which two 'fake' attempts at a final resolution (in the subdominant and relative major keys, respectively) heighten anticipation for the 'true' cadence. The movement finishes on a fortissimo perfect cadence on F minor. II. Adagio The second movement is in ternary form (or sonata form without development). It opens with a highly ornamented lyrical theme in time in F major (mm. 1–16). This is followed by a more agitated, 5-measure transitional passage in D minor (mm. 17–22) accompanied by quiet parallel thirds, followed by a passage full of demisemiquavers in C major (mm. 23–31). This leads back to a more embellished form of the F major theme (mm. 32–47), which is followed by an F major variation of the C major section (mm. 48–55). Finally, there is a short coda (mm. 56–61). This Adagio (along with two themes from his sonata Op. 2, No. 3) was the earliest composition by Beethoven now in general circulation; it was adapted from the slow movement of his Piano Quartet No. 3 in C major from 1785. III. Menuetto and Trio (Allegretto) The third movement, a minuet in F minor, is conventional in form. It contains two repeated sections, followed by a trio in F major in two repeated sections, after which the first minuet returns. The minuet is characterized by syncopations, dramatic pauses and sharp dynamic contrast, and like many minor-key minuets has a somewhat melancholy tone spanning major and minor tonality. The trio is built around longer, more lyric phrases that pass between the right and left hands in imitative polyphony. The main material is reprised (da capo) after the trio. IV. Prestissimo The fourth movement, like the first and third, is in the tonic-minor key (F minor), is in cut common time and bears the tempo marking prestissimo ("very fast"). It has the form of a modified sonata-allegro movement, in which the development section has been replaced with a contrasting middle section (or episode).The movement opens with fast triplet eighth-note arpeggios on the left hand, over which the main three-chord motif in staccato quarter notes is introduced two beats later (shown