A Sonata Theory Handbook

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James Hepokoski (Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music, Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music, Yale University)

A Sonata Theory Handbook

James Hepokoski (Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music, Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music, Yale University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
18 February 2021

Music; Theory of music & musicology; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)

Sonata form is the most commonly encountered organizational plan in the works of the classical-music masters, from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Schubert, Brahms, and beyond. Sonata Theory, an analytic approach developed by James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy in their award-winning Elements of Sonata Theory (2006), has emerged as one of the most influential frameworks for understanding this musical structure. What can this method from ""the new Formenlehre"" teach us about how these composers put together their most iconic pieces and to what expressive ends?

In this new Sonata Theory Handbook, Hepokoski introduces readers step-by-step to the main ideas of this approach. At the heart of the book are close readings of eight individual movements DL from Mozart's Piano Sonata in B-flat, K. 333, to such structurally complex pieces as Schubert's ""Death and the Maiden"" String Quartet and the finale of Brahms's Symphony No 1 DL that show this analytical method in action. These illustrative analyses are supplemented with four updated discussions of the foundational concepts behind the theory, including dialogic form, expositional action zones, trajectories toward generically normative cadences, rotation theory, and the five sonata types. With its detailed examples and deep engagements with recent developments in form theory, schema theory, and cognitive research, this handbook updates and advances Sonata Theory and confirms its status as a key lens for analyzing sonata form.

By: James Hepokoski (Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music Yale University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9780197536827
ISBN 10: 0197536824
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 18 February 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

James Hepokoski is Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor Emeritus of Music at Yale University. Bridging the professional domains of music history and music theory, he is a specialist in symphonic and chamber music in the late eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries as well as in current research methodologies and hermeneutics. He is the author, together with Warren Darcy, of the award-winning Elements of Sonata Theory (OUP, 2006), an innovative contribution to the New Formenlehre.

Reviews for A Sonata Theory Handbook

This book is so much more than a companion piece to the influential Elements of Sonata Theory - it is an invitation to listen to some old favorites from Mozart to Brahms with fresh ears. Each page is brimming with compelling detail and vivid prose. Hepokoski brings sonata form to life. * Alexander Rehding, Fanny Peabody Professor of Music, Harvard University * Much more than simply a how-to guide, this handbook vividly presents and clarifies the concepts of Sonata Theory through a series of penetrating analyses, inviting its readers to share in the exciting interpretive possibilities offered by this landmark approach. * L. Poundie Burstein, author of Journeys through Galant Expositions *