Guide to Sonatas
Music for One or Two Instruments
Published on 10. August 2011
224 pages
978-0-307-75488-2 (ISBN)
Description
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, Melvin Berger 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, Guide to Sonatas 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.
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MELVIN BERGER is the author of a number of books on musical subjects, and is program annotator for several symphonic and chamber organizations. He has a BM from the Eastman School of Music, an MA from Teacher's College, Columbia University, and is an Associate of London University. He has written liner notes for RCA Records, contributed articles to World Book, directed chamber music programs at Ball State University and Silvermine Guild, and taught at the City University of New York. At present, he is writing, performing as a chamber music violist, and lecturing in the New York City area.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Bach, Johann Sebastian
- Flute Sonatas
- Viola da Gamba (Cello or Viola) Sonatas
- Violin Sonatas
- Barber, Samuel
- Bartôk, 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
- Ravel, Maurice
- Scarlatti, Domenico
- Schubert, Franz
- Piano Sonatas
- Violin Sonatas
- Schumann, Robert
- Scriabin, Alexander
- Shostakovich, Dmitri
- Strauss, Richard
- Stravinsky, Igor
- Vivaldi, Antonio
- Glossary
- Discography
- About the Author
