pathetique rondo

[guidofellini]

Hi, everybody. I'm working on the sonata no.8 (Pathétique) by Beethoven, (Opus 13). In the third movement, at bar 18, it is written "sfp". What does it mean ? I know that "fp" is for "fortepiano", but what is the S for ? Thanks in advance.

[Kassaa]

Sforzandopiano is that you give an accent on a note and play piano immediately after that I think, it's a bit stronger dan fp.

[thierry13]

sFp is more relative than Fp. An accent in a P dynamic is way less strong than an accent in a F dynamic. There, the sFp in a P dynamic is less strong than a Fp, and an sFp in a F dynamic is stronger than Fp. Hope that's clear ...

[guidofellini]

Thanks to both of you.