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The sonata since Beethoven; the third and final volume of a history of the sonata idea

Title
The sonata since Beethoven; the third and final volume of a history of the sonata idea, by William S. Newman.
Author
Newman, William S.
Publication
Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1969]

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Description
xxvi, 854 pages facsimiles, music; 24 cm.
Series Statement
  • History of the sonata idea ; v. 3
  • Newman, William S. History of the sonata idea ; v. 3.
Subject
  • Sonata
  • Sonates
  • Kamermuziek
  • Pianomuziek
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [776]-833.
Contents
The scope and gist of the problem -- Part one : the nature of the romantic sonata -- Romantic concepts of the sonata -- The sonata in romantic society -- The spread of the romantic sonata -- Instruments, settings, and performance practices -- Romantic sonata form : process, mold and unicum -- Part two : the romantic composers and their sonatas -- Schubert and other Viennese in Beethoven's sphere -- Weber, Schumann, and others in early 19th-century German centers -- Brahms and others in Austria from about 1850 to 1885 -- Liszt and others in Germany from about 1850 to 1885 -- Late romantics in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland -- Chopin and others in France and the Low Countries up to about 1885 -- A peak in late-romantic France and the Low Countries -- Great Britain, from Cramer to Elgar -- Scandinavia, from Kuhlau to Nielsen -- A low ebb in Italy, Spain, and Portugal -- Composers in Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Hungary -- Composers in Russia -- The Americas under European guidance.
LCCN
76080924
OCLC
  • ocm00048785
  • 48785
  • SCSB-110710
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library