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A history of the sonata idea ; v. [2]
Newman, William S. History of the sonata idea ; v. 2. ^A1438654
Norton library ; N623. ^A910560
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Preface -- Abbreviations and related editorial matters -- Music examples -- Tables, charts, and map -- Introduction: the historical problem -- Part I. The nature of the classic sonata. The concept of "Sonata" in Classic writings. Its use as a title ; Some definitions (Schulz) ; Some explanations (Koch) ; Some attitudes and tastes -- The sonata in Classic society. Amateurs, dilettantes, and "le beau sexe" ; The professional musician at large and at court ; Essercizi, lessons, and the "Sonata scolastica" ; Concerts, private and public ; In the church service -- The spread of the Classic sonata. Its main centers ; Emigrants and immigrants ; Some quantitative aspects of publication ; Some further aspects of publication -- Instruments and settings. The harpsichord and the clavichord ; The early piano ; Other instruments ; Melo/bass settings in decline ; The accompanied keyboard setting ; Further settings, arrangements, and practices -- Style and form. Approaching the problem ; The style shift ; The cycle as a whole ; The first quick movement ; The slowest movement ; Dance movements ; Finales other than dance movements -- Part II. The composers and their sonatas. The keyboard sonata in Italy about 1735 to 1780. Background and sources ; Venice (Alberti, Paganelli, Galuppi) ; Naples (Rutini) -- The ensemble sonata in Italy from 1740 to 1780. Milan (G. B. Sammartini) ; Bologna (Mysliveček, Sarti) ; Tartini's descendants and other stringsmen (Nardini, Pugnani, Boccherini) -- The Iberian peninsula from about 1735 to 1780. Circumstances and influences ; Domenico Scarlatti in Lisbon and Madrid ; Seixas and other composers in Portugal ; Soler and other keyboard composers in Spain ; The melo/bass sonata in Spain -- Italy and the Iberian peninsula from about 1780 to 1825. Some trends during the high-Classic era ; Northern Italy in the wake of Galuppi and others (Grazioli, Turini, Asioli) ; In and about Florence and Naples (Cherubini, Cimarosa) ; A solitary Portuguese (Portugal) ; Madrid and related centers in the wake of Soler (Blasco de Nebra) ; Montserrat and other Catalan centers -- South Germany and Austria from about 1735 to 1780. The Austro-German scene ; The southernmost German centers (Maichelbeck) ; The Mannheim school (Stamitz, Filtz, Richter) ; Nürnberg and near-by centers (Agrell, Buttstett) ; The pre-Classic Vienna school (M. G. Monn, Wagenseil, J. C. Monn) ; Salzburg (L. Mozart) -- Central Germany from about 1735 to 1780. From Würzburg to Mainz (Platti) ; Bonn and Berleburg (Neefe) ; Weimar and near-by centers (Wolf, Ernst Bach) ; Leipzig (Löhlein) ; Dresden (Friedemann Bach) -- North Germany from about 1735 to 1780. From Burgsteinfurt to Braunschweig (Friedrich Bach) ; Emanuel Bach in Berlin ; Other Berlin composers (Franz and Georg Benda, Müthel, the theorists) ; Hamburg and the other northernmost German centers -- |
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Haydn and Mozart. Some preliminaries ; Haydn: sources, periods, works ; Haydn's keyboard sonatas ; Haydn's ensemble sonatas ; Haydn's place in sonata history ; Mozart: comparisons, periods, sources, works ; Mozart's solo piano sonatas: overview ; Mozart's solo piano sonatas: circumstances ; Mozart's four-hand sonatas ; Mozart's ensemble sonatas ; Mozart's "Epistle sonatas" ; Mozart's place in sonata history -- Beethoven. Sources, periods, works ; The piano sonatas: an overview ; The first or "Student" period ; The second or "Virtuoso" period (opp. 2-22) ; The third or "Appassionata" period (opp. 26-57) ; The fourth or "Invasion" period (op. 78-90) ; The fifth or "Sublimation" period (opp. 101-111) ; The string sonatas ; Historical perspective -- Minor Austrians and Germans from about 1780 to 1825. In the shade of the great masters ; Minor contemporaries of Haydn and Mozart in Vienna (Dittersdorf) ; Obscure contemporaries of Haydn and Mozart in Vienna ; Czech contemporaries of Haydn and Mozart in Vienna (Vanhal) ; Viennese contemporaries of Beethoven (Wölfl) ; Three more guitarists in Vienna ; South German centers (Rosetti, C. Stamitz, Vogler) ; West central Germany (Sterkel) ; Central German descendants of Bach (Hässler, Rust, Müller) ; Dresden and near by (Naumann, Seydelmann, Schuster) ; Berlin and other north German centers (Reichardt) -- France from about 1735 to 1780. Pre-revolutionary tastes, trends, and conditions ; Melo/bass sonatas (Gaviniès) ; "Accompanied" sonatas before 1760 (Mondonville, Guillemain) ; Some "German" clavecinists in the 1760's (Schobert, Eckard) ; Some native French organists (Séjan) ; Two composers in Bordeaux (Beck) -- France from about 1780 to 1830. Limits and changes ; Some Alsatian pianists (Edelmann, Hüllmandel) ; More foreigners in Paris (Riegel, Sor) ; Some violinists, mostly French (Guénin) ; Late organists and pianists (Méhul, L. Jadin) ; Chiefly late melo/bass sonatas by foreigners (Viotti) -- Great Britain from about 1740 to 1780. Attitudes and milieu ; A first group of Italians (Pescetti, Paradisi) ; Native British composers (Avison, Burney) ; Christian Bach and other Germans (Abel) ; A second group of Italians (Giardini, Vento) ; Three other nationalities -- Great Britain in Clementi's day. Clementi: periods, works, facts ; Clementi: styles, forms, significance ; Other Italians ; Some native British composers (Hook) ; Other nationalities (Kocžwara, Cogan) -- Outlying regions, East, North, and West. Terra infirma ; Geneva ; Prague ; St. Petersburg and the Baltic region (Manfredini) ; The Netherlands (Hurlebusch, Maldere) ; Copenhagen (Scheibe, Zink) ; Stockholm (Johnsen, Kraus) ; America (Reinagle) -- Addenda. |
| Abstract |
The second volume in the author's monumental "History of the Sonata Idea" deals with the historical evolution of the form and the contributions of both major and minor figures of the period, from the first simple Italian sonatas using the new technique of the Alberti bass about 1735 to the succession of masterpieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven that extended until about 1820. Includes music examples, notes, and a comprehensive bibliography. |
| Local note | Little-86494 --305130068480 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 831-890) and index. |
| LCCN | 72179929 |
| ISBN | 0393006239 |
