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Lesson 66: Telemann Sonata in F major, TWV 41:F2 — Two Allegros and Whole-Work Assembly

  • Learn the third movement (Allegro, in compound meter) and the fourth movement (Allegro finale).
  • Assemble all four movements into a complete sonata performance, with planned rests between movements.

A sonata with two fast finales must differentiate them. Otherwise it is one finale played twice.

TWV 41:F2 closes with two Allegros in a row: the first dance-like, the second brilliant. Learn both and differentiate them, so the sonata closes with contrast instead of repetition.

Movement III — Allegro (dance-like)

Lifting, almost gigue-like despite the 4/4 — the dotted figures are the dance pulse; preserve them.

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Articulation for the third movement

Slur pairs of eighths, tongue the next pair; mark the slurs before practising at tempo.

Movement IV — Allegro (brilliant finale)

Continuous sixteenth-note motion and brilliant figuration — the firework finish.

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Articulation for the fourth movement

Double-tongue the sixteenths (du-gu or tu-ku) so they sound like one continuous shimmer, not a series of attacks.

Differentiating the two Allegros

  • Pulse: III feels two-to-the-bar; IV four-to-the-bar.
  • Texture: III mostly eighths; IV mostly sixteenths.
  • Articulation: III slurred pairs; IV double-tongued.
  • Affect: III is a dance and can breathe; IV is a flourish and must not.

The whole sonata, end to end

The rests between movements:

Vivace → Largo
Twelve beats — let the conversation settle before the song.
Largo → Allegro III
Eight beats — stillness must not bleed into the dance.
Allegro III → Allegro IV
Six beats — the second Allegro should feel like a continuation.

Now play these

Telemann: Sonata in F major, TWV 41:F2 — Movements III and IV
The piece of this lesson, plus the whole-sonata assembly.
Telemann: Sonata in A minor, TWV 41:a4
A second complete Telemann sonata for the same procedure.

When the complete TWV 41:F2 plays end-to-end with the two Allegros audibly different from one another, move on to Lesson 67.