Essays on Sonata

“Discuss how distinctively visual features in John Misto’s ‘The Shoe-horn Sonata’ and ONE other related text to your own choosing, convey distinctive experiences” The distinctive experiences of women captured by the Japanese in WW2 and the plight of the homeless in cities such as New…

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…