14. Fundamental Forms １４．基本の音楽形式 V. FREE FORMS V. 自由形式 The Prelude; The Symphonic Poem 前奏曲、交響詩 In order to have some conception of what a “free” form consists of, we have to know what a strict form is. In the previous …

THE SYMPHONY 交響曲 The present-day status of the symphony is such that it is impossible to pass it by without further discussion, even though it does not constitute an independent form, different from the sonata. It is practically impossi…

APPENDIX III 巻末付録III Analysis of Beethoven's “Waldstein” Sonata, Op. 53 ベートーヴェン作曲「ワルトシュタイン」ソナタ作品53 分析 An analysis such as I shall attempt here must always be unsatisfactory, since we lack the sound of the note…

The recapitulation is, as its name indicates, a repetition of the exposition. In the classical sonata allegro, the repetition is generally exact; though even here the inclination is to omit nonessentials, leaving out material already suffi…

13. Fundamental Forms １３．基本の音楽形式 IV. SONATA FORM IV. ソナタ形式 Sonata as a whole; Sonata Form Proper; The Symphony ソナタ形式の全体像、ソナタ形式の詳細 交響曲 The sonata form, for the present-day listener, has something of the s…