Essays on Sonata

Sonata form represents a large-scale structure that can be traced back to many works done in early classical works back in the 18th century up to the late 19th-century romantic period. Sonata forms are easily located in almost every first movement on works of Beethoven,…

Born on January 27th, 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in a musical home in the oldest city of Salzburg. His father was an exceptional violinist within the City Court Orchestra and a composer whilst his mother was also a music lover who plays several…

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian who was one of the most important Classical composer during 18th century. He was born on 31 March 1732 and died on 31 May 1809. (Knapp & Robbins Landon & Geiringer, 2018). He wrote 104 Symphonies, 32 Piano Trios,…

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, nicknamed as “Moonlight Sonata”, is a solo piano piece in sonata form, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The reason it was nicknamed as the ‘Moonlight Sonata’ is due to its traces to the 1830s when the German Romantic…

Beethoven, “Moonlight” Sonata in C#m, Movement No. 1 I chose to analyze the first movement of Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata in C#m. Like earlier classical pieces, the “Moonlight” Sonata is structured simply, following clean chord progressions. Works by early classical composers usually contained a clear melody,…

In a classical sonata-form movement, the piece follows a particular style of movement starting with the exposition, then the development, and finally, the recapitulation. These three parts are essential for correctly structuring a piece in classical sonata-form. The first, second and sometimes final movement of…