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Sonata form is one of the most influential ideas in the history of Western classical music. Since the establishment of the practice by composers like C.P.E. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert and the codification of this practice into teaching and theory, the practice of writing works in sonata form has changed considerably.
Beethoven's early sonatas were highly influenced by those of Haydn and Mozart. Piano Sonatas No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 13, and 15 are four movements long, which was rather uncommon in his time. Opus 2: Three Piano Sonatas (1795) Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor. Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major.
The 32 sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, including the well-known Pathétique Sonata, the Moonlight Sonata, and the Appassionata Sonata are often considered the pinnacle of piano sonata composition. Piano sonatas in the Romantic era.
Feb 5, 2010 · The Grand Sonata – Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor. Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor (1854) is arguably his finest composition and one of the greatest piano sonatas ever written. Many places it alongside Schumann’s Fantasy Op. 17 as “the two 19th-century masterpieces” of the piano literature.
This course takes an inside-out look at the 32 piano sonatas from the point of view of a performer. Each lecture will focus on one sonata and an aspect of Beethoven’s music exemplified by it.
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The importance of Beethoven in Liszt's artistic life is reflected not only in the extent and scope of Liszt's attention to Beethoven but in the ways he approached his great predecessor. One such way is revealed through his interpreting of Beethoven's piano sonatas. The method of exploring that particular topic here is to consider,
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Mar 20, 2020 · Ever since 1861, when Sir Charles Hallé performed all 32 Beethoven piano sonatas on a landmark concert series in London, pianists have contemplated these canonical masterpieces with almost religious awe.
