Table 2: Structural
outline of the Finales of Chopin's sonatas opus 35 and
opus 58
There are, however, two important differences. Firstly, in
opus 35 there is no repetition of the secondary subject or the second
recapitulation of the main subject. Cholopow maintains that although this
contracts the scheme of bi-thematic rondo form, it does not contradict its
"rondo-like" quality.
Secondly, the extraordinary terseness of the main subject of opus 35 differs
markedly from the expansiveness of that in opus 58. Cholopow attributes these
differences to the small dimensions of the Finale of opus 35.
