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FOUR TWENTIETH-CENTURY SONATINAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

HÖHMANN, REIKO CHRISTINE
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1171310483

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2007, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Piano.
This thesis discusses four different sonatinas that represent the variety of compositional styles and forms in the twentieth century. These are the sonatinas for violin and piano by Carlos Chávez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, William Bolcom and Hans Werner Henze. In the development of the sonatina the twentieth century sees an increase of sonatina writing as well as a new flexibility of form paired with a variety of compositional methods. In this thesis the four sonatinas are discussed in chronological order after summarizing the history of sonatina writing. This gives an idea about the development of sonatina writing from the seventeenth century up to 1979. A genre study shows different trends in sonatina writing, as for example in the Classical sonatina and the French sonatina. The four pieces show the continuation of that historic development in the twentieth century. The Sonatina by Chávez (1924) is an example of Mexican nationalism and is a cyclical piece, while Stockhausen’s Sonatina (1951) is serial with a centricity on C. The Sonatina by Bolcom (1958) is composed with short rhythmic units and sets, while Henze’s Sonatina (1979) is neo-romantic and uses baroque compositional techniques. Several new aspects to sonatina writing can be found in those four pieces, as well as traditional elements. The sonatina in the twentieth century is mostly a performance piece, whereas earlier sonatinas, such as those in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were most frequently written for didactic purposes. All four of these sonatinas are performance pieces and compositions, which are worth while studying. .
Dr. Steven Cahn (Advisor)
96 p.
Music
Sonatina genre; Modernism; Twentieth-century sonatinas

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  • HÖHMANN, R. C. (2007). FOUR TWENTIETH-CENTURY SONATINAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1171310483

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • HÖHMANN, REIKO. FOUR TWENTIETH-CENTURY SONATINAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1171310483.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • HÖHMANN, REIKO. "FOUR TWENTIETH-CENTURY SONATINAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1171310483

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