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Criteria for a Theory of Nineteenth-Century Sonata Form
Horton, J.
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Abstract
Thanks to the work of Janet Schmalfeldt, James Hepokoski, Steven Vande Moortele, and others, progress toward a theory of form for nineteenth-century instrumental music has accelerated in recent years. This article addresses some of the theoretical and methodological issues to which this project gives rise. Taking medial-caesura usage in the chamber and solo sonata forms of Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Brahms as a representative corpus study, it focuses on questions of what constitutes a norm in Formenlehre, how we determine the criteria for establishing a practice as normative, and how these criteria relate to concepts of normativity in the human sciences. Finally, it offers a comparative analysis of how these issues affect sonata-formal strategies in the first movements of Brahms's First Symphony and Bruckner's Eighth Symphony.
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Horton, J. (2017). Criteria for a Theory of Nineteenth-Century Sonata Form. Music Theory and Analysis, 4(2), 147-191. https://doi.org/10.11116/mta.4.2.1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 14, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 1, 2017 |
Publication Date | Oct 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Oct 4, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 5, 2017 |
Journal | Music theory & analysis. |
Print ISSN | 2295-5917 |
Electronic ISSN | 2295-5925 |
Publisher | Leuven University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 147-191 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.11116/mta.4.2.1 |
Publisher URL | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/leuven/mta/2017/00000004/00000002/art00001 |
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