Piano Literature : Sonatas and Variations
Lecture XII: French and Russian Piano Music 1850-1950
French Piano Sonatas, Sonata-Form Works and Variation Sets

Russian Sonatas and Variation Sets




Opus No |
Composer and Works |
Year |
| Alexander SKRIABIN (1872-1915): 10 Sonatas | ||
| 6 | Sonata No. 1 in F minor | 1892 |
| 19 | Sonata Fantasy (No. 2) in G sharp minor | 1897 |
| 23 | Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor | 1897 |
| 30 | Sonata No. 4 in F sharp minor | 1903 |
| 53 | Sonata No. 5 "Le Poeme de l'Extase " | 1908 |
| 62 | Sonata No. 6 | 1911 |
| 64 | Sonata No. 7 "White Mass " | 1912 |
| 66 | Sonata No. 8 | 1912 |
| 68 | Sonata No. 9 "Black Mass" | 1913 |
| 70 | Sonata No. 10 "Sonata of Insects" | 1913 |
| Nikolai MEDTNER (1880-1951): 13 Sonatas | ||
| 5 | Sonata No. 1 in F minor | 1903 |
| 11 | Sonata-Triad (No. 2) | 1908 |
| 22 | Sonata No. 3 in G minor | 1910 |
| 25#1 | Sonata- Skazka (No. 4) in C minor | 1911 |
| 25#2 | Sonata No. 5 in E minor | 1911 |
| 27 | Sonata-Ballada (No. 6) in F sharp major | 1914 |
| 30 | Sonata No. 7 in A minor | 1915 |
| 38#1 | Sonata reminiscenza (No. 8) | 1920 |
| 39#5 | Sonata tragica (No. 9) | 1920 |
| 40 | Sonata (No. 10) | 1920 |
| 53#1 | Sonata romantica (No. 11) in B flat minor | 1932 |
| 53#2 | Sonata minacciosa (No. 12) in F minor | 1932 |
| 56 | Sonate-Idylle (No. 13) in G major | 1937 |
| Sergei RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943):2 Sonatas | ||
| 28 | Sonata No. 1 in D minor | 1907 |
| 36 | Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor | 1913-31 |
| lgor STRAVINSKY (1882-1951): 2 Sonatas | ||
| Sonata in F-sharp minor | 1904 | |
| Sonata | 1924 | |
| Sergei PROKOFIEFF (1891-1953): 9 Sonatas | ||
| 1 | Sonata No. 1 in F minor | 1909 |
| 14 | Sonata No. 2 in D minor | 1912 |
| 28 | Sonata No. 3 in A minor | 1917 |
| 29 | Sonata No. 4 in C minor | 1917 |
| 38 | Sonata No. 5 in C major | 1925 |
| 82 | Sonata No. 6 in A major | 1940 |
| 83 | Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major | 1942 |
| 84 | Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major | 1944 |
| 103 | Sonata No. 9 in C major | 1947 |
| Dmitri KABALEVSKY (1904-1987): 3 Sonatas | ||
| 6 | Sonata No. 1 in F major | 1927 |
| 45 | Sonata No. 2 in E-flat major | 1945 |
| 46 | Sonata No. 3 in F major | 1948 |
| Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975): 2 Sonatas | ||
| 12 | Sonata No. I in C major | 1926 |
| 64 | Sonata No. 2 in B minor | 1943 |
Listening List XII
| Barber | Sonata in E-flat minor op. 26 ( 1949) |
| Berg | Sonata op. 1 (1908) |
| Carter | Sonata (1945) |
| Copland | Variations( 930) |
| Sonata (1941) | |
| Ginastera | Sonata No. 7, -op. 22 (1952) |
| Gottschalk | Souvenir de Porto Rico |
| Griffes | Sonata (1918) |
| Harris | Sonata op. 1 (1928) |
| Hindemith | Sonata No. 1 (1936) |
| Sonata No. 2 (1936) | |
| Sonata No. 3 (1936) | |
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| lves | Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Massachusetts 1840-1860" (1915) |
| Persichetti | Sonata No. 3, op. 22 (1943) |
| Sonata No 70, op. 67 (1955) | |
| Sonata No. 72, op. 145 "Mirror" (1982) | |
| Sessions | Sonata No. 1 (1930) |
| Webern | Variations op. 27 ( 1936) |
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