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Journal of Music Theory (2001) 45 (1): 119–143.
Published: 01 April 2001
...Gordon Sly 2001 © Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 2001 SCHUBERT’S INNOVATIONS
IN SONATA FORM:
COMPOSITIONAL LOGIC AND
STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION*
Gordon Sly
In his 1927 monograph “Franz Schubert,” Donald...
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Journal of Music Theory (2023) 67 (1): 71–98.
Published: 01 April 2023
...Benedict Taylor Abstract One of the most prominent characteristics of Johannes Brahms's approach to sonata form is the return to the tonic at the start of the second section (or “rotation”) for a restatement of the exposition's primary theme. Well-known examples include the finales of the First...
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Journal of Music Theory (2011) 55 (2): 221–251.
Published: 01 October 2011
...Patrick Wood Uribe It is to A. B. Marx that we owe the first extended discussion of sonata form and a conception of it that has survived in classrooms and rehearsal halls to this day. At the same time, Marx’s Sonatenform and his treatment of it are beset with what seem to be serious flaws, chief...
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Journal of Music Theory (2019) 63 (1): 103–138.
Published: 01 April 2019
...Peter H. Smith This article explores musical and theoretical issues raised by a particular type of parallel form that has been interpreted in two strikingly contradictory ways—either as a birotational type 2 sonata form or as a sonata form with a reversed recapitulation. Insights drawn from...
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Journal of Music Theory (2020) 64 (2): 203–240.
Published: 01 October 2020
...Peter H. Smith Form theorists have shown increasing interest in applying the methodologies of Caplin and of Hepokoski and Darcy to sonata forms of the nineteenth century. Many of these efforts proceed under the assumption that late eighteenth-century norms continued to influence Romantic sonata...
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Journal of Music Theory (2014) 58 (1): 25–56.
Published: 01 April 2014
...Peter H. Smith Commentators have traditionally judged Schumann’s sonata forms negatively, despite recent positive reassessments. In the response to Schumann’s expositions, even two of his most insightful advocates, Linda Correll Roesner and Anthony Newcomb, portray Schumann’s designs...
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Journal of Music Theory (2019) 63 (2): 209–229.
Published: 01 October 2019
...Jonathan Guez Despite differences in critical alignment, epistemological underpinnings, and reportorial coverage, studies of sonata forms nevertheless tend to share one feature: they devote the least amount of space to recapitulations. Two presuppositions might explain this neglect: (1...
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Journal of Music Theory (2017) 61 (2): 171–200.
Published: 01 October 2017
... practice. Copyright © 2017 by Yale University 2017 sonata form big data recapitulation double return end-rhyme Works Cited Allsop Peter . 1999 . Arcangelo Corelli: New Orpheus of Our Times . Oxford : Oxford University Press . Bonds Mark Evan . 1988 . “ Haydn’s False...
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Journal of Music Theory (2001) 45 (1): 144–150.
Published: 01 April 2001
... below). What does this mean with regard to Schenker s concept of interruption as a basic characteristic of sonata form? For those movements in which the remains on top while an inner voice proceeds (viz. such as this movement, or K. 333, Beethoven s op. 14/I, Seventh Symphony, Clementi s op. 36/4...
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Journal of Music Theory (2006) 50 (2): 277–290.
Published: 01 October 2006
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ant music seems incontrovertible.
The negative argument of MGS is that many of the tools used today
for analysis of late-eighteenth-century music—especially functional harmonic
analysis, form (particularly sonata form), and Schenkerian theory...
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Journal of Music Theory (2022) 66 (2): 273–279.
Published: 01 October 2022
... Expositions makes an important contribution to the field of historically informed music theory by presenting, in considerable detail, historical theories of sonata form and by proposing them as effective tools of analysis. The fact that historical theories of form, though frequently discussed, have not been...
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Journal of Music Theory (2013) 57 (2): 383–418.
Published: 01 October 2013
... ‘Concertante Rondo’ to ‘Lyric Sonata’: A Commentary on Brahms’s Reception of Mozart .” In Brahms Studies , ed. Brodbeck David , 111 – 38 . Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press . Davis Andrew Pollack Howard . 2007 . “ Rotational Form in the Opening Scene of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess...
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Journal of Music Theory (2010) 54 (1): 25–36.
Published: 01 April 2010
... literal in its appropriation of
classical sonata form. The 1803 “Kreutzer” Presto is a different animal, bold
in its instrumental techniques and challenging in its treatment of sonata
form—and it still sounds that way.
To take just one small point: Beethoven’s minor-key movement has...
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Journal of Music Theory (2001) 45 (1): 162–169.
Published: 01 April 2001
... Symphony (in Volume III). Other sections deal
with forms and genres (sonata form, fantasy, fugue), the evolving con-
cept of the Urlinie, editorial distortion of musical texts, and the deficien-
cies of Rameau’s theories. Each volume concludes with observations
entitled “Miscellanea: thoughts on art...
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Journal of Music Theory (2006) 50 (2): 181–210.
Published: 01 October 2006
... zur Composition , 1782 -93. Beach, David. 1993 . “Schubert's Experiments with Sonata Form: Formal-Tonal Design versus Underlying Structure.” Music Theory Spectrum 15 : 1 -18. Cadwallader, Allen and William Pastille. 1992 . “Schenker's High-Level Motives.” Journal of Music Theory 36...
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Journal of Music Theory (2004) 48 (2): 337–354.
Published: 01 October 2004
... . “Brahms and Schenker: A Mutual Response to Sonata Form.” Music Theory Spectrum 16 : 77 -103. Struck, Michael. 1991 “New Evidence of the Genesis of Brahms's G major Violin Sonata, op. 78.” The American Brahms Society Newsletter 9/1 : 5 -7. Swafford, Jan. 1997 . Johannes Brahms...
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Journal of Music Theory (2016) 60 (1): 51–88.
Published: 01 April 2016
... Schumann concerto sonata form tonal pairing Schenkerian analysis late style Works Cited Abbate Carolyn . 2004 . “Music: Drastic or Gnostic?” Critical Inquiry 30 / 3 : 505 – 36 . Aldwell Edward Schachter Carl . 2011 . Harmony and Voice Leading . 4th ed. Boston...
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Journal of Music Theory (1999) 43 (1): 101–133.
Published: 01 April 1999
... formal schemes: the labels under Figure
27a indicate binary form, while those under Figure 27b (“Exp.—Dev.—
Recap suggest sonata form. The latter illustration, however, belies
Schenker’s actual analytical practice: apart from an early reading of the
first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata, op. 10, no. 2...
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Journal of Music Theory (2000) 44 (2): 381–450.
Published: 01 October 2000
... Joachim Quantz . Hildesheim: G. Ohms. Churgin, Bathia. 1968 . “Francesco Galeazzi's Description (1796) of Sonata Form.” Journal of the American Musicological Society 21 : 181 –99. Cole, Malcolm S. 1964 . The Development of the Instrumental Rondo Finale From 1750–1800 . Ph.D. diss., Princeton...
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Journal of Music Theory (2000) 44 (1): 1–43.
Published: 01 April 2000
... section of a movement that com-
bines aspects of binary and sonata form. Ex. 4 presents the entire A sec-
tion along with a voice-leading graph. The extra line of notation above
the graph highlights the persistence of B throughout the phrase. The
graph interprets the Bs as neighbor notes...
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