Sonata and the creative ideal
Subtitle: the Classical period 1750-1830
By: by Alan Hacker.
Contributors: Smith, J. E. (James E.)
Series: A History of music of the western world 1100-1980 ; 4
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London : Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Folk music -- England -- History.; Music -- History.; Musical instruments -- History.; Popular music -- History.
Other titles: Music of the western world 1100-1980.
Notes: Series editor, J. E. Smith. Side 1: Explains the principle and importance of classical Sonata Form with the aid of keyboard examples played by Richard Burnett. The instrument he uses in an 18th century travelling square piano which comes from the museum at Finchcocks at Goudhurst, Kent - Side 2: We move to Vienna, for the artist the "richest, happiest, and most aggreable residence in Europe", as the speaker discusses opera and the reforms of Gluck, before looking ahead to the Romantic period through the music of Schubert and Weber.

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