Nine Sonatas
Nine Sonatas

Author: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

Publisher: Alfred Music

Published: 1998-08-06

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 1457469154

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784) was the eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and was a composer and performing musician. He was acknowledged in his day as an excellent organist, improviser and composer. Includes Sonatas: * No. 1 in G Major * No. 2 in A Major * No. 3 in B-flat Major * No. 4 in D Major * No. 5 in D Major * No. 6 in E-flat Major * No. 7 in C Major * No. 8 in C Major * No. 9 in F Major

Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas
Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas

Author: Boris Berman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0300145004

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Boris Berman draws on his intimate knowledge of Prokofiev's work to guide music lovers and pianists through the composer's nine piano sonatas.

Keys to the Drama
Keys to the Drama

Author: Gordon Cameron Sly

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780754656067

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Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation. It engages its audience by inviting prediction, association, and interpretation. That sonata form was the chief vehicle of dramatic instrumental music for nearly 200 years is due to the power, the universality, and the tonal and stylistic adaptability of its conception. This book presents nine studies whose central focus is sonata form. Their diversity attests both to the manifold analytical approaches to which the form responds, and to the vast range of musical possibility within the form's exemplars. At the same time, common compositional issues, analytical methods, and overarching perspectives on the essential nature of the form weave their way through the volume.

A History of the Sonata Idea
A History of the Sonata Idea

Author: William S. Newman

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1469643723

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This volume provides a full and careful history of what sonata meant and how the word was used from its first appearance as an instrumental title in the sixteenth century to the near end of the thorough-bass practice around 1750. The revised edition includes nearly three hundred new studies, editions, and other pertinent information. Originally published in 1966. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Guide to Sonatas
Guide to Sonatas

Author: Melvin Berger

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2011-08-10

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 030775488X

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With the same authority, insight, and unique ability to bring music to life on the printed page that he brought to his Guide to Chamber Music, Melvin Berger gives us an indispensable guide to the sonata form. Comprehensive, analytical, and historical, including descriptions in nontechnical language of over two hundred of the best best-known sonatas, Guide to Sonatas is designed to help all music lovers−casual listeners, experienced concertgoers, performers, conductors, or teachers−deepen their understanding and enhance their enjoyment of the classical repertoire.

The Bassoon
The Bassoon

Author: James B. Kopp

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 030018364X

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This welcome volume encompasses the entire history of the bassoon, from its origins five centuries ago to its place in twenty-first-century music. James Kopp draws on new archival research and many years' experience playing the instrument to provide an up-to-date and lively portrait of today's bassoon and its intriguing predecessors. He discusses the bassoon's makers, its players, its repertory, its myths, and its audiences, all in unprecedented detail. The bassoon was invented in Italy in response to the need for a bass-register double-reed woodwind suitable for processionals and marching. Composers were quick to exploit its agility and unique timbre. Later, during the reign of Louis XIV, the instrument underwent a major redesign, giving voice to its tenor register. In the early 1800s new scientific precepts propelled a wave of invention and design modifications. In the twentieth century, the multiplicity of competing bassoon designs narrowed to a German (or Heckel) type and a French type, the latter now nearly extinct. The author examines the acoustical consequences of these various redesigns. He also offers new coverage of the bassoon's social history, including its roles in the military and church and its global use during the European Colonial period. Separate historical chapters devoted to contrabassoons and smaller bassoons complete the volume [Publisher description].

The Piano in Chamber Ensemble, Second Edition
The Piano in Chamber Ensemble, Second Edition

Author: Maurice Hinson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006-04-04

Total Pages: 732

ISBN-13: 9780253346964

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The Piano in Chamber Ensemble describes more than 3,200 compositions, from duos to octets, by more than 1,600 composers. It is divided into sections according to the number of instruments involved, then subdivided according to the actual scoring. Keyboard, string, woodwind, brass, and percussion players and their teachers will find a wealth of chamber works from all periods.