The Pianoforte Sonata

John South Shedlock (1843 - 1919)

John S. Shedlock covers the history of what might now be called the keyboard sonata, from Kuhnau's Sonata in B flat from 1695, believed at the time to be the earliest keyboard sonata, up the present day. Along the way, works by Emanuel Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, Liszt and others are looked at, along with many musical extracts. - Summary by Jordan

Genre(s): Music, Early Modern

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface Jordan Watts
00:02:30
Play 01 Introductory Jordan Watts
01:03:38
Play 02 Johann Kuhnau Jordan Watts
00:49:59
Play 03 Bernardo Pasquini: A Contemporary of J. Kuhnau Jordan Watts
00:17:53
Play 04 Emanuel Bach and some of his Contemporaries Jordan Watts
00:43:35
Play 05 Haydn and Mozart Jordan Watts
00:30:34
Play 06 Predecessors of Beethoven Jordan Watts
00:46:16
Play 07 Ludwig van Beethoven Jordan Watts
00:53:24
Play 08 Two Contemporaries of Beethoven Jordan Watts
00:25:12
Play 09 Schumann, Chopin, Brahms, and Liszt Jordan Watts
00:21:17
Play 10 The Sonata in England Jordan Watts
00:23:25
Play 11 Modern Sonatas, Duet Sonatas, Sonatinas, etc. Jordan Watts
00:08:39