Mozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Part I examines the contexts in which the sonatas were composed and performed, and reviews likely sources of influence. Part II concentrates on the genesis of the sonatas and the sources, which reveals important information about Mozart's compositional process. In Part III the musical style is studied from the standpoint of rhetoric--a discipline featured in numerous contemporary aesthetic and theoretical textbooks on music.
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"Performers and scholars who have spent years in the companionship of these sonatas will find Irving's study a useful entry point into their sources and recent critical literature." Michelle Fillion, Notes
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Mozart's piano sonatas form a richly diverse and significant part of his instrumental output and span much of his mature composing career, thereby representing a microcosm of the composer's changing style. Part I examines the contexts in which the sonatas were composed and performed, and reviews likely sources of influence. Part II concentrates on the genesis of the sonatas and the sources, which reveal important information about Mozart's compositional process. In Part III the musical style is studied from the standpoint of rhetoric SH a discipline featured in numerous contemporary aesthetic and theoretical textbooks on music.
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Mozart's Piano Sonatas: Contexts, Sources, Style,
By Bonnie D. Roerig (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a very scholarly work, in fact it reminded me of a master's thesis or doctoral dissertation revised for popular publication. It is the most thorough and detailed study of Mozart's piano sonatas I have yet found and even so I had hoped for a more complete analysis of how to play the sonatas well. As an adult piano student, I wanted advice as to how to interprent theme, motif and emotion in the various sonatas. This book presents a complete historical perspective on the sonatas but didn't provide the guidance on performance I was hoping for. As part of the library for a serious student, however, it is a must, albeit expensive.
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What kind of a composition was the solo sonata inherited by the young Mozart? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
opening propositio, texture inversion, musical oration, solo piano sonatas, clavecin avec accompagnement, flat sonata, copy consulted, clavier sonatas, major sonata, tonic recapitulation, early sonatas, solo sonatas, exposition material, four sonatas, imperfect cadence, sonata exposition, varied reprises, rondo finale, sonata structures, dominant degree, sonata form, dynamic shadings, three sonatas, minor sonata, thematic catalogue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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What kind of a composition was the solo sonata inherited by the young Mozart? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
opening propositio, texture inversion, musical oration, solo piano sonatas, clavecin avec accompagnement, flat sonata, copy consulted, clavier sonatas, major sonata, tonic recapitulation, early sonatas, solo sonatas, exposition material, four sonatas, imperfect cadence, sonata exposition, varied reprises, rondo finale, sonata structures, dominant degree, sonata form, dynamic shadings, three sonatas, minor sonata, thematic catalogue Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Leopold Mozart, Alan Tyson, Allgemeine Geschichte, Countess Thun, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Nicholas Joseph, Baron van Swieten, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Heinrich Christoph Koch, Rosa Cannabich, Thomas Attwood New!
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- Haydn and the Classical Variation (Studies in the History of Music) by Elaine R. Sisman on 5 pages
- Keyboard Music (Dover Music for Piano) by Johann Sebastian Bach on 4 pages
- Mozart Compendium by H.C.Robbins Landon in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (20 Volume Set) by Stanley Sadie in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- New Grove Dictionary by Sadie in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Cambridge Companion to Mozart (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Simon P. Keefe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Mozart: The 'Haydn' Quartets (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by John Irving in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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