Keys to the Drama
Author | : Gordon Cameron Sly |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 0754656063 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780754656067 |
Rating | : 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Download or read book Keys to the Drama written by Gordon Cameron Sly and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation. It engages its audience by inviting prediction, association, and interpretation. That sonata form was the chief vehicle of dramatic instrumental music for nearly 200 years is due to the power, the universality, and the tonal and stylistic adaptability of its conception. This book presents nine studies whose central focus is sonata form. Their diversity attests both to the manifold analytical approaches to which the form responds, and to the vast range of musical possibility within the form's exemplars. At the same time, common compositional issues, analytical methods, and overarching perspectives on the essential nature of the form weave their way through the volume.