misc from class Flashcards
dussek
piano sonata op. 54 in a flat, hybrid of classical and romantic, 1760-1812, from prague, some of his 40 sonatas are programmatic, 6 sonatinas
clementi
*Clementi, influenced beethoven, lots of virtuosity, double notes, dynamics sharp, contrapuntal. 70 sonatas, most in 2 movements, 100 pieces called gradus ad parnassum, in variety of forms and genres. alternative to mozarts playing, liszts most distinguished student.
cramer
-Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858) was an English pianist and composer of German origin. Wrote etudes, best known for these etudes, he was german but made his career in London, studied with clementi, 100 piano sonatas, 33 sets of variations,
diabelli variations
- Diabelli variations beethoven
- 33 variations,
- more than one composer did these
- 55 minutes,
- 3 sections, 1-10, 11-20, 20-33
1-10, gradual acceleration,
11-20, mastery of motivic development
20-33, 3 minor variations in a row, refernece to the goldberg variations,
-handelian fugues, they are not like bach, double notes and octaves are never found in bach.
-minuet final, stretches it beyond whatshould be, minuets usually ternary and light,
-beethoven shows disrespect to the minuet, the high classical form
-Brendel says some of the music tries to be comic, a parody of music.
-shows influence of kramer.
-french overture gestures,
-30, in minor
-31 anguish, chromatic, angst filled, recalls baroque
weber
weber, 1st opera about pact with the devil,mystery darkness associated with him. l
- lived in prague and berlin,
- early figure of the romantic era.
- 4 4 movement sonatas,
- the invitation to the dance is a piece,
- was influential to liszt. especially since he treated the piano as a transcripted instrument.
mendelssohn
- Mendelssohn
- 48 songs withouth words,
- hummel taught mendelssohn
- more classical,
- most educated
- moses mendelssohn
- hoffman plays well
- rach played a lot
- serious variations
- lighter variations
