The first 'A' Section is fairly conservative harmonically. There is no use of mode mixture, as Beethoven allows the piece to develop a defined harmonic center before moving to different modes and keys. In fact, Beethoven really stays around the simple V-I cadence, while only utilizing a few sub-dominant and secondary dominant chords. However, Beethoven sets up most of his sub-dominant chords with a secondary dominant--especially the ii and iii chords.
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