Sonata Essays

Through the important elements the responder is placed in a position to experience the different impacts and emotions associated with the texts. These techniques allow the distinctively visual to have the power to manipulate the audience’s expectations and strong feelings towards the texts. The Shoe-horn Sonata written by John Misto …

I. Work Analysis Being an admirer of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, I chose to analyze Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor. An early analyst and critic of Mozart’s music, Otto Jahn called the Symphony No. 40 “a symphony of pain and lamentation.” Another critic said it was …

a)The “Beethoven Concerto”s and Op. 37’s Placement in the Genre and as a continuation of Mozart’s Style b)Reception of the concerto-specifics of the concerto in a broad view c)Formal and musical analysis with respect to the Concerto Form in the Classical Style (As a precursor of Romantic Age) d)Conclusions a)Beethoven …

Commonly known as the Sonata Pathétique, this work was written in 1798 when the composer was 27 years old, and was published in 1799, with a dedication to his friend, the Austrian Prince Karl von Lichnowsky. The Pathetique hails from the early part of Beethoven’s career, a time when traditions …

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (W. A. Mozart, 1756 – 1791) is probably the most important composer in the history of music. Composing over 600 works during a period of evolution of consolidation, extension and deepening CITATION Sta65 \l 2052 (Sadie, 1965), Mozart is not merely a prolific composer, but an influential …

The Well-tempered Clavier, Book I is one of the two collections of preludes and fugues completed by J.S. Bach in 1722. Each collection consists of a prelude and a fugue for each of the 12 semitones in both major and minor keys. The Well-tempered Clavier was published for “the benefit …