1. Chapter 13: Other Classical Genres
The Sonata

2. Key Terms
Sonata
Piano sonata
Violin sonata
Sonata movement plan

3. Other Classical Genres
In addition to symphony, four other principal genres
Sonata
Concerto
String quartet
Opera buffa
These genres borrow many features of the symphony
Especially sonata, concerto, & quartet

4. The Sonata Sonata genre NOT the same as sonata form!
Baroque sonata was a chamber genre
The Classical sonata = a work in several movements for one or two instruments
For solo instrument with or without piano
Intended mostly for private performance
More “domestic” than the “public” symphony

5. Sonata Types Piano sonata (for piano alone)
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Violin sonata (for violin & piano)
Sonatas use an adapted version of the symphony movement plan
Less uniform than symphonies, concertos, or quartets
Only 2/3 of sonatas follow sonata movement plan

6. Symphony Movement Plan
I – Moderate to fast tempo; Sonata form
Sometimes with slow Introduction
II – Slow tempo; Various forms used
Sonata form, variations, rondo, or other
III – Moderate tempo; Minuet form
A triple meter dance
IV – Fast tempo; Sonata or rondo form

7. Sonata Movement Plan Similar to symphony movement plan
Minuet movement usually omitted
Movements often shorter than in symphony
I – Moderate to fast tempo; Sonata form
Slow Introduction rare
II – Slow tempo; Various forms used
Sonata form, variations, rondo, or other
III –Fast tempo; Sonata or rondo form

8. Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat
A sonata in three movements
Follows the sonata movement plan
1st movement – Allegro, sonata form
2nd movement – Adagio, rondo form
3rd movement – Allegretto, rondo-like form
A sunny work overall
More typical than the often painful agitation of Symphony No. 40

9. Mozart, Sonata in B-flat, III (1)
Feel of rondo form, but irregular
A theme’s structure is typical for rondo theme
Contrasting sections (B & C) are typical rondo episodes
But there is no central A (between B & C)
All 3 themes are rounded binary form tunes

10. Mozart, Sonata in B-flat, III (2)
The A theme is edgy, with syncopations
B theme simpler with more syncopation
C uses spiky counterpoint, chromaticism