A sonata theory handbook / James Hepokoski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hepokoski, James A. (James Arnold), 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sonata form.

Instrumental music--18th century--Analysis, appreciation.

Instrumental music.

Instrumental music--19th century--Analysis, appreciation.

Symphony--18th century.

Symphony.

Symphony--19th century.

String quartet--18th century.

String quartet.

String quartet--19th century.

Instrumental music--Analysis, appreciation.

Physical Description:

xiv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"A Sonata Theory Handbook is a step-by-step, seminar-like introduction to Sonata Theory, a new approach to the study and interpretation of sonata form. The book updates and advances the outline of the method first presented in Hepokoski and Darcy's 2006 Elements of Sonata Theory. It blends explanations of the theory's general principles-dialogic form, expositional action zones, trajectories toward generically normative cadences, rotation theory, the five sonata types, the special case of the minor-mode sonata, and more-with illustrations of them in practice through close, extended analyses of eight individual movements by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. Central to the method is the merging of historically informed, technical analysis with the concerns of hermeneutic interpretation. The book features an inclusive engagement with recent developments in form theory, schema theory, and other related studies since 2006, including some of the language and insights of cognitive research into music perception and the more generalized concerns of conceptual metaphor theory. It ultimately builds to reflections on sonata form in the romantic era: the flexible applicability of Sonata Theory to mid- and late-nineteenth-century works"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. What Is Sonata Theory?

2. Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333/i (Allegro)

3. Mozart, Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338/ii (Andante di molto piu tosto Allegretto)

4. The Basics: Sonata Types 3 and 1

5. Haydn, Symphony No. 100 in G, "Military," first movement (Adagio

Allegro)

6. Haydn, String Quartet in G, op. 76 no. 1/i (Allegro con spirito)

7. Beethoven, Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 36/i (Adagio molto

Allegro con brio)

8. The Minor-Mode Sonata

9. Beethoven, String Quartet in E Minor, op. 59 no. 2/i (Allegro)

10. Schubert, String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810/i (Allegro)

11. The Type 2 Sonata

12. Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, op. 68/iv, finale (Adagio; Allegro non troppo, ma con brio).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Hepokoski, James A. (James Arnold), 1946- Sonata theory handbook

ISBN:

9780197536810

0197536816

9780197536827

0197536824

OCLC:

1164503357

Publisher Number:

99986332808