The Sonata
- Author: Schmidt-Beste, Thomas
This book packs a lot in and is highly recommended for the careful reader —
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Contents
- Part I . Definitions:
- 1. Sonata and canzona;
- 2. Sonata and sinfonia;
- 3. Sonata and concerto;
- 4. Sonata and suite/partita;
- 5. The sonata and free instrumental genres: toccata - ricercar - capriccio - fantasia;
- Part II . Form:
- 6. The 'free' sonata in the seventeenth century;
- 7. Corelli and his legacy;
- 8. Sonata cycles and 'sonata form' after 1750;
- 9. Beethoven's sonatas - consummating or transcending Classical form?;
- 10. The cycle;
- 11. The sonata after Beethoven;
- 12. Sonata composition in the twentieth century;
- Part III . Functions and Aesthetics:
- 13. Locations and occasions;
- 14. Target groups: professionals, connoisseurs and amateurs;
- 15. Learned style;
- 16. Virtuosity;
- 17. Sonata form as an aesthetic paradigm;
- 18. Absolute music? On meaning and programmaticism;
- Part IV . Scoring and Texture:
- 19. Developments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries;
- 20. The paradigm shift of c.1750;
- 21. The age of the piano sonata;
- 22. Piano and others;
- 23. The sonata for unaccompanied solo instrument;
- 24. The organ sonata; Bibliography.