A Sonata Theory Handbook
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 20 January 2021
- ISBN 9780197536827
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 251x175x22 mm
- Weight 612 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 23 figures 56
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Short description:
This book is a highly accessible and up-to-date introduction to the key ideas of Sonata Theory, one of the most influential methods for analyzing the sonata form. Teaching the method primarily by example, it features close readings of masterpieces by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms.
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Sonata form is the most commonly encountered organizational plan in the works of the classical-music masters, from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Schubert, Brahms, and beyond. Sonata Theory, an analytic approach developed by James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy in their award-winning Elements of Sonata Theory (2006), has emerged as one of the most influential frameworks for understanding this musical structure. What can this method from "the new Formenlehre" teach us about how these composers put together their most iconic pieces and to what expressive ends?
In this new Sonata Theory Handbook, Hepokoski introduces readers step-by-step to the main ideas of this approach. At the heart of the book are close readings of eight individual movements — from Mozart's Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333, to such structurally complex pieces as Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" String Quartet and the finale of Brahms's Symphony No 1 — that show this analytical method in action. These illustrative analyses are supplemented with four updated discussions of the foundational concepts behind the theory, including dialogic form, expositional action zones, trajectories toward generically normative cadences, rotation theory, and the five sonata types. With its detailed examples and deep engagements with recent developments in form theory, schema theory, and cognitive research, this handbook updates and advances Sonata Theory and confirms its status as a key lens for analyzing sonata form.
An excellent addition and deepening of the standard work from 2006
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Overture
Chapter 1: What Is Sonata Theory?
Chapter 2: Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333/i (Allegro)
Chapter 3: Mozart, Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338/ii (Andante di molto più tosto allegretto)
Chapter 4: The Basics: Sonata Types 3 and 1
Chapter 5: Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G, "Military," first movement (Adagio allegro)
Chapter 6: Haydn, String Quartet in G, op. 76 no. 1/i (Allegro con spirito)
Chapter 7: Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 36/i (Adagio molto-Allegro con brio)
Chapter 8: The Minor-Mode Sonata
Chapter 9: Beethoven, String Quartet in E Minor, op. 59 no. 2/i (Allegro)
Chapter 10: Schubert, String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810/i (Allegro)
Chapter 11: The Type 2 Sonata
Chapter 12: Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68/iv (Adagio--Più andante--Allegro non troppo, ma con brio--Più allegro)
Appendix: Sonata Types 4 and 5
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