But the master stands in his own.
light; the famous Funeral March in B flat minor, from the Sonata in B flat minor, Op.

35, composed about ten years later, eclipses the more modest one in C minor.

Beside the former, with its sublime force and fervency of passion and imposing mastery of the resources of the art, the latter sinks into weak insignificance, indeed, appears a mere puerility.

Let us note in the earlier work the anticipation, (bar 12) of a motive of the chef-d'ceuvre (bar 7), and reminiscences of the Funeral March from Beethoven's.

Sonata in A flat major, Op.