Piano Literature : Sonatas and Variations

Lecture VII: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonatas

Movement Structures
Symphonic Introduction - Op. 13, 53, 81a, 111
Sonata Allegro and adaptations Minuet and Trio-Op. 2/7, 10/3, 22, 31/3
Scherzo - Op. 2/2, 2/3, 14/2, 26, 28, 31/3, 106
Theme and Variations - Op. 26, 57, 109, 111
Symphonic Aria- Op. 2/2, 7, 10/3, 31/2
Fantasy and "Quasi Fantasia" - Op. 27/1, 27/2
Fugue - Op. 101, 106, 110
Rondo - Op. 2/2, 7, 10/3, 13, 14/1, 22, 28, 31/2, 53
Perpetuum Mobile- Op. 27/1. 27/2, 31/2, 31/3, 54, 57

Transitional and Idiosyncratic Elements
Influence of C. P. E. Bach, Haydn and Clementi
Influence of Dussek and Vorisek
Developments in Piano Manufacturing (Broadwood)
Philosophy of the Artist as Romantic Hero (Goethe)
Personal Expression and Transcendent Spirituality

Editions of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Heinrich Schenker/Universal (1923 & 1953)
Artur Schnabel/Simon & Schuster (1935)
Bruno Wellner/HenIe Urtext (1974)
Claudio Arrau/Peters (1983)
Johannes Fischer/Leipzig Peters (1986)

Variation Sets

Incipient Sonata Structure
Thematic Transformation
Symphonic Proportion
Fugue as a culminating gesture - Op. 35, 120

 

Listening List VII

Mendelssohn	Sonata in E major op. 6
	Variations Serieuses in D minor op. 54
Schubert	Sonata in D major D. 850
	Sonata in G major D. 894
	Sonata in C minor D. 958
	Sonata in A major D. 959
	Sonata in B-flat major D. 960
	Fantasy in C major D. 760 "Wanderer Fantasy"
Weber	Sonata No. I in C major op. 24
	Sonata No. 2 in A-flat major op. 39

Early German Romanticism