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Wednesday, April 27, 2005

CPE Bach Prussian Sonata

Sorry this isn't better you guys... so much to do with proficiencies this weekend. I'm sure most of you understand. Take it easy on me :) Here goes nothing:
This piece is in sonata-allegro form. (I am so smart. I can read the title of the chapter. ha)

Exposition:
-Begins in F Major
-This section is made up of phrase groups. There is no sense of antecedent consequent, or an increase in the strength of the cadences here.
-There is an IAC in m.6
-CPE kind of plays with some other keys, and it becomes really unstable. These keys are: d minor, c minor, and C Major.
-The Bass line is very chromatic beginning at m.11. This makes things even more unstable.
-DC at m. 19
-Then we have a minor i chord in c minor,and a transition to the dominant, but we end up in the parellel major key.
-Then we go to C Major and the whole section ends on a PAC and repeats.

Development:
-Begins at measure 32
-This section is also made up of phrase groups
-I'm not sure what's happening here with tonality, but the retransition is very unstable.
-The hands switch parts at m.50.

Recapitulation:
-Begins at m.56 back in f minor
-It's almost the same as the first time around, but slightly different
-m. 68 modulates to the parallel minor
-PAC at m.74
-Opening melody returns in F Major

1 comment:

Spoonaloompa said...

Outline format r0x0rs. It's a very easy way to see the form in its separate parts. Nice work, k-town.