The Sonata

Contents

• Part I . Definitions:
• 1. Sonata and canzona;
• 2. Sonata and sinfonia;
• 3. Sonata and concerto;
• 4. Sonata and suite/partita;
• 5. The sonata and free instrumental genres: toccata - ricercar - capriccio - fantasia;
• Part II . Form:
• 6. The 'free' sonata in the seventeenth century;
• 7. Corelli and his legacy;
• 8. Sonata cycles and 'sonata form' after 1750;
• 9. Beethoven's sonatas - consummating or transcending Classical form?;
• 10. The cycle;
• 11. The sonata after Beethoven;
• 12. Sonata composition in the twentieth century;
• Part III . Functions and Aesthetics:
• 13. Locations and occasions;
• 14. Target groups: professionals, connoisseurs and amateurs;
• 15. Learned style;
• 16. Virtuosity;
• 17. Sonata form as an aesthetic paradigm;
• 18. Absolute music? On meaning and programmaticism;
• Part IV . Scoring and Texture:
• 19. Developments in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries;
• 20. The paradigm shift of c.1750;
• 21. The age of the piano sonata;
• 22. Piano and others;
• 23. The sonata for unaccompanied solo instrument;
• 24. The organ sonata; Bibliography.