A.B. Marx's Concept of Rondo and Sonata: A Critical Evaluation of His Explanations of Musical Form
Description:
The third volume of A.B. Marx's theory treatise Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition is discussed. His definitions of rondo and sonata formal types are demonstrated in the first chapter in addition to the manner of their derivation through a developmental process originating in the Liedform. Musical examples chosen by Marx are examined in chapter two. These examples, taken from Mozart's and Beethoven's piano works, are evaluated in relation to Marx's definitions of the various types of f…
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Date:
July 1993
Creator:
Lang, Adelheid K.
Partner:
UNT Libraries