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Development of the Sonata genre in Frederic Chopin’s creation
Development of the Sonata genre in Frederic Chopin’s creation

Author(s): Lioara Frăţilă
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: sonata; Romanticism; musical-form innovation; classical tradition;

Summary/Abstract: The paper herein highlights those aspects of Chopin’s sonata that demonstrate the strong connection with the classical-type sonata, as well as the fact that the piano poet took inspiration from some German composers’ themes, which he afterwards developed and transformed into genuine chefs-d’oeuvre – Sonata op 4, Sonata op 35, Sonata op 58 and Sonata for cello and piano op. 65.By analyzing piano sonatas composed by Frederic Chopin, one can notice how the composer perceived the sonata form, the compositional procedures resorted to and the level wherefrom the sonata form in Chopin’s conception began to evolve.

  • Issue Year: 13/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 65-74
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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