248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation. It engages its audience by inviting prediction, association, and interpretation. That sonata form was the chief vehicle of dramatic instrumental music for nearly 200 years is due to the power, the universality, and the tonal and stylistic adaptability of its conception. This book... Read more
Chapter 1 The Divided Tonic in the First Movement of Beethoven’s Op. 132, FrankSamarotto; Chapter 2 Types, Tokens, and Figaro, MatthewShaftel; Chapter 3 Mahler’s Third Symphony and the Dismantling of Sonata Form, WilliamMarvin; Chapter 4 Motivic Design and Coherence in the First Movement of Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata D. 821, EvanJones; Chapter 5 Reading Mozart’s Piano Sonata in D Major (K. 311) First Movement, NeilMinturn; Chapter 6 Design and Structure in Schubert’s Sonata Forms, GordonSly; Chapter 7 On Chopin’s Fourth Ballade, EdwardLaufer; Chapter 8, AlanGosman; Chapter 9 A-Major Events, BrianAlegant;
Biography
Gordon Sly is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Michigan State University College of Music, USA.
'On the whole the book's essays are informative and well-written; Sly is to be commended for making good on his title's promise of providing nine differing perspectives on sonata form.' Fontes Artis Musicae
