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    Beethoven’s use of Sonata form in his 1st Symphony Beethoven‚ in common with his predecessors Haydn and Mozart‚ uses the Sonata form in the first movement of his first symphony. This was Beethoven’s first attempt at the symphonic form having composed chamber music and two piano concertos. Beethoven made the sonata form more expressive through his use of dynamics and more extreme key relations. Beethoven started this piece with a slow introduction. It is not unknown

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    2014 The Role of Eros in The Kreutzer Sonata and Death in Venice The interplay of love and sexuality within humanity has been explored for thousands of years. This theme has shaped and continues to shape mankind on a daily basis‚ so it is not surprising that this topic can be found in literature of every era dating from the present to ancient times. Specifically within European literature of the 18th and 19th century‚ Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata and Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice concentrate

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    Spring 1998 An Analysis of Beethoven s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major‚ Op. 69‚ mvmt. 1 Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano‚ Op. 69‚ was written in 1808-09‚ just following his Symphony no. 6‚ Op. 68‚ “The Pastoral.” It may have been written with his “immortal beloved” in mind‚ since the dedication is to one of the suspected “beloved’s” brothers-in-law. On one copy‚ Beethoven wrote‚ in Latin‚ the phrase “Between Tears and Sorrow.” In this Romantic sonata‚ the two instruments are clearly equals;

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    Haydn Piano Sonata in Bb Major Haydn’s Piano Sonata in Bb major has three clearly defined sections: the exposition‚ the development‚ and the recapitulation. In the exposition‚ the thematic statement from measure 1 through 10 is more or less the introduction followed by a theme in parallel period from measures 11 to beat two of 22. Up to this point we are in the key of Bb major‚ ending on a half cadence. Though it stays in this key‚ E is tonicized with a five of four in measures 11 and 16.

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    in Beethoven’s Waldstein Sonata (#21‚ Op 53) As the length of sonatas grew under pens such as Beethoven‚ the free exercise of many layers of musical contrast kept the longer works fresh and palatable. This sonata doesn’t have as bold of contrasts as Beethoven’s later works‚ but they still exist. The first movement starts with a quiet intro that swells with excitement at measure 11‚ only to calm back to a quiet simmering two measures later. As a middle period sonata‚ the dynamics do not switch

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    This sonata was composed around 1802‚ a point at which Beethoven experienced the crisis of encroaching deafness. From then on‚ the composer started to introduce innovative and bold ideas within classical framework in his musical composition to expand the expressiveness of his music. His novel approach was evident in his formal and harmonic arrangement in the first movement of Sonata Op.31 No.1. Distinctive harmonic departure from the classical sonata form convention fills the movement with drama

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    Baroque  Music   (ca.  1600-­‐1750)   IV! DEADLINE TODAY! DEADLINE TODAY! Henry  Purcell.  “When  I  am  laid”  from  Dido  and  Aeneas.   (also  known  as  Dido’s  Lament)(1689)   hDp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEaLviMEJls&feature=related  (starRng  1:00)   Listen:     Ground  bass  -­‐  repeaRng  bass  line  used  throughout  a  work‚   oUen  with  a  disRnct  rhythmic  paDern

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    Tokyo Sonata

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    The changing family values in contemporary Japan as represented in Tokyo Sonata (2009). Preface: 《Tokyo Sonata》‚ as the name said‚ this film’s structure is familiar with Sonata form. There is an Exposition that includes the four main roles and the internal problem of this family as film’s First Tonal Area and Second Tonal Area; a Development that we can see the First and Second Tonal Area occurs simultaneously and being more and more exciting‚ and it adds some new elements into this part to

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    Critically discuss the changing family values in contemporary Japan as represented in Tokyo Sonata (2009). <<Tokyo Sonata>> is a realist film about a Middle Class Family of Japan. This film have not mention about the warmth of a family‚ unlike other Japanese Drama ‚they prefer another way to present the most common situation of Japanese family – dull diary life. Inside of Sasaki’s family‚ they have perform a typical personality of normal Japanese family: a father being concerned

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    A Look into Different Interpretations of the First Movement of Moonlight Sonata: The Piece that Portrays an Assortment of Emotions by Lauren Mora Music History 70: Beethoven Section 1G Ludwig Van Beethoven ’s Quasi Una Fantasia‚ later named and more famously known as The Moonlight Sonata‚ is a piano piece that can be portrayed and analyzed in a multitude of ways. The piece was published in 1801‚ during a period of great experimentation in Beethoven ’s music. This can help

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