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Informationen zum Autor Thomas Schmidt-Beste is Professor and Head of Music at Bangor University, North Wales. Klappentext An introductory survey of the most enduring and popular genre of instrumental music, perfect for students, teachers and performers. 'This book packs a lot in and is highly recommended for the careful reader.' Music Teacher Zusammenfassung The sonata is the most enduring and popular genre of instrumental music. This introductory survey presents an overview across the centuries! using analyses of selected works and illustrative music examples to provide students! teachers and performers with an accessible yet thorough tool to understand this important repertoire. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
