| Contents |
Bach, Johann Sebastian. Flute sonatas ; Viola da gamba (cello or viola) sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Barber, Samuel -- Bartók, Béla -- Beethoven, Ludwig van. Cello sonatas ; Piano sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Berg, Alban -- Bloch, Ernest -- Brahms, Johannes. Cello sonatas ; Clarinet sonatas ; Piano sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Chopin, Frédéric -- Clementi, Muzio -- Copland, Aaron -- Corelli, Arcangelo -- Debussy, Claude -- Fauré, Gabriel -- Franck, César -- Grieg, Edvard -- Handel, George Frideric -- Haydn, Franz Joseph -- Hindemith, Paul -- Ives, Charles. Piano sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Kodály, Zoltán -- Liszt, Franz -- Mendelssohn, Felix. Organ sonatas -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Piano sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Poulenc, Francis -- Prokofiev, Sergei. Piano sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Rachmaninoff, Sergei [Rachmaninov] -- Ravel, Maurice -- Scarlatti, Domenico -- Schubert, Franz. Piano sonatas ; Violin sonatas -- Schumann, Robert -- Scriabin, Alexander -- Shostakovich, Dmitri -- Strauss, Richard -- Stravinsky, Igor -- Vivaldi, Antonio. |
| Abstract |
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, the author 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, this book 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. |
