This piece appears to be in some sort of Sonata-Allegro-ish form.  LAST  BLOG! 
Bach opens the piece in F major, ending group 1 at the beginning of bar 6 on a PAC.  We immediately find ourselves in a transitional section, where Bach flirts briefly with d minor, but moves to the dominant key of c major.  There is something of an authentic cadence in the 9th measure, but it quickly moves on to transitional phrase ending on a IAC in c minor.  A little more transition and we find ourselves after a half cadence in c major to group 2 in bar 24, lasting 8 measures till 31.  Nothing too weird yet.
The developmental section is very...developmental???  It begins with developing group 1, which lasts from measures 32-42ish.  This section is very tonally ambiguous.  It's hard to pin down a key, there are b naturals, b flats, e flats and naturals, f sharps, g sharps.  It's a little crazy.  Around measure 6, we see material from the group 2.  In measure 55, there is a large half cadence.  This would be as expected...however it's a half cadence in the dominant key.  There is no re-transition period.  WEIRD.  Actually, it's not that weird, it just makes the piece sound very abrupt in change, almost like a sonata-rondo.  Instead of staying in the tonic key of F major throught the transition to from group 1 to group 2, Bach insists in flirting with C major and minor.  Never fear, in measure 75, we hear our group 2 in the right key of F major, ending the piece on a nice PAC.  Whew.  PS No coda.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
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