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Just as he had already done in a few previous sonatas, most famously the formidable Waldstein sonata, Beethoven links the sonata's last two movements here. Both of these capture the programmatic feelings of their titles, "The Absence" and "The Return" respectively, very well indeed. In simple terms, the melancholic Absence is inevitably followed by the jovial and optimistic Return. No farewell, as Beethoven would argue in this piece, is meant to last forever.

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major "Les Adieux", Op. 81a
II. Abwesenheit (The Absence)
III. Das Wiedersehen (The Return)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Soundfont: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2

Movement 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ7HEx6GNrs