Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Department
Music
First Advisor
Trina Thompson
Second Advisor
Carla Trynchuk
Abstract
Beethovens Violin and Piano Sonata Op. 23 in A minor is a multi-movement sonata that has three unexpected formal events: two occurring in the Presto (movement one) and one in the Allegro Molto (movement three). These formal anomalies, discovered through the creation of form diagrams, present potentially challenging moments of interpretation for performers. The question this project addresses is whether or not the three areas of formal anomaly allow performers more freedom in personal interpretation than normative formal events. The results of this research show that performers do take additional freedom in interpretation during such unexpected formal events.
Recommended Citation
Cady, Arielle E., "Performance Analysis of Beethoven's Violin Sonata Op.23: Freedom of Interpretation in Passages of Formal Anomaly" (2011). Honors Theses. 5.
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/5/
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/honors/5
Subject Area
Sonatas (Violin and piano)--Analysis, appreciation
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/5/
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