On Form as Conceived in Beethoven's Sonata in D minor, Op. 31, no. 2

A translation of Carl Dahlhaus' short analysis from 1980 of the opening allegro from Beethoven's Tempest Sonata, Op. 31, no. 2, together with a contextualizing introduction that emphasizes both Dahlhaus' debt to Adorno and the reception of his analysis in current American music theory.