La période de la IIIe République en France voit éclore un nombre considérable de sonates pour violon et piano, dont nous connaissons bien les chefs-d'œuvre – sonates de Franck, Fauré, Debussy ou Ravel. Prenant appui sur un catalogue inédit de quatre cent vingt-et-une sonates de deux cent quatre-vingt-onze compositeurs différents (français ou belges), la présente thèse vise à l’étude et à la définition de ce genre musical.La première partie interroge le contexte historique et socioculturel qui permit à la sonate française de connaître un tel apogée, à la fin d’un XIXe siècle qui ne laissait a priori rien présager de tel. L’auteur revient aux sources du répertoire et met à jour l’établissement d’une conjoncture particulièrement propice où se croisent élan nationaliste, renouveau de la musique instrumentale, salons artistiques, sociétés de concerts, compositeurs chefs de file et interprètes de l’école franco-belge de violon. La deuxième partie entreprend de définir le répertoire au moyen d’un traitement typologique et statistique du catalogue référençant toutes les œuvres rencontrées. La troisième partie questionne l’identité de ces sonates comme genre musical, en s’appuyant sur les éléments d’écriture et de langage qui les caractérisent autant qu’ils en font la diversité. Enfin, la quatrième partie apporte un éclairage inédit sur la Sonate de Vinteuil de Proust, au regard d’un corpus d’étude de cinquante sonates analysées en détails. Les annexes comprennent de nombreux documents, dont le catalogue référencé des sonates, un catalogue des compositeurs, les fiches analytiques de cinquante sonates ainsi qu’un CD enregistré par l’auteur au violon. / A great number of sonatas for violin and piano were composed during the French Third Republic, among which are some well-known masterpieces, such as the Franck, Fauré, Debussy or Ravel sonatas. This thesis draws on an unpublished catalogue of four hundreds and twenty-one sonatas by two hundred and nighty-one composers (French or Belgian), and seeks to study and define this musical genre.The first part examines the historical and socio-cultural context that enabled the French violin sonata to reach its acme at the end of the 19th century. The author goes to the sources of the repertoire to establish the favorable juncture at which particular currents met; from nationalism, the reinvigoration of instrumental music, artistic salons, concert societies and leading composers, to the Franco-Belgian school of violin playing. The second part seeks to better characterize the repertoire by applying typological and statistical methods to the referenced catalogue of the encountered works. The third part endeavors to define the identity of these sonatas as a musical genre, based on elements of their musical language. Finally, the fourth part sheds new light on Proust’s Sonate de Vinteuil, through a detailed analysis of fifty sonatas. The appendices gather numerous documents, including the referenced catalogue of the sonatas, a catalogue of composers, analytical tables for fifty sonatas, and a CD recorded by the author playing the violin.

Les sonates pour piano de la « génération romantique » (Rosen) et des compositeurs qui l’ont suivie s’éloignent des conventions qui régissent la forme classique, et ce à plusieurs égards : schéma tonal, découpage, fonctions formelles, voire même l’affect ou l’esthétique générale du mouvement. Lorsqu’il s’agit de sonates de jeunesse, ces écarts ont généralement été interprétés comme des maladresses ou comme un manque de métier. Cette thèse remet en question cette perspective et propose une démarche analytique permettant de rétablir ce répertoire dans sa spécificité en définissant une nouvelle conception esthétique de la sonate romantique. L’approche développée ici n’est pas fondée sur une construction musicale purement théorique : elle repose plutôt sur une conciliation entre, d’une part, les valeurs esthétiques caractéristiques de cette époque, et, d’autre part, l’analyse structurelle et formelle. Cette approche est exposée en deux grandes étapes. Les chapitres 1 et 2 parcourent les écrits philosophiques, littéraires, théoriques et critiques des années 1790-1860 pour y découvrir six valeurs esthétiques qui définissent la sonate au XIXe siècle : la forme abstraite, la cohérence à grande échelle, l’organicisme, la tension entre tradition et innovation, l’expression du sublime et celle de la noblesse. Les chapitres 3 à 5 emploient différentes techniques d’analyse (la Formenlehre de William Caplin, l’analyse réductionnelle de Heinrich Schenker et l’étude de l’organisation rythmique et métrique d’après Lester, Krebs et de Médicis) pour montrer comment ces six valeurs esthétiques permettent de rendre compte de la structure spécifique des oeuvres sélectionnées : la Sonate pour piano en mi majeur, op. 6 (1826), de Mendelssohn ; la Grande Sonate pour piano en fa dièse mineur, op. 11 (1832-1835), de Schumann ; la Grande Sonate pour piano en fa mineur, « Concert sans orchestre », op. 14 (1835-1836, rév. 1853), de Schumann ; et la Sonate pour piano en fa dièse mineur, op. 2, de Brahms (1852). Cette approche, qui permet d’appliquer la théorie de la forme à un répertoire pour lequel elle n’a pas a priori été conçue, met l’accent sur la souplesse du rapport entre le discours esthétique et la pratique compositionnelle. Chaque compositeur, sinon chaque oeuvre, répond aux valeurs esthétiques à divers degrés et selon différentes combinaisons. Au final, cette démarche permet de montrer à quel point les considérations esthétiques jouent un rôle primordial dans la conception même de la forme sonate au XIXe siècle. Elle ouvre de nouvelles perspectives en permettant de mieux cerner les points de contact et les divergences entre la sonate classique et la sonate romantique, et fournit des éléments qui permettront une comparaison plus légitime entre ces deux répertoires. / Piano sonatas written by composers from the ‘Romantic Generation’ (Rosen), as well as those from the following generation, tend to move away from the conventions of classical form in many ways: tonal plan, form, formal functions, and even the general affect or aesthetic of the movement. When the sonatas in question are early works, unconventional details are frequently interpreted as mistakes or the result of a lack of training. This dissertation challenges that perspective and develops an analytical approach that establishes the unique elements of this repertoire by defining a new aesthetic understanding of romantic sonata form. This approach is not based on a purely musical construct. Rather, it combines characteristic aesthetic values of the period with formal and structural analysis. The approach is presented in two stages. The first two chapters of the dissertation survey philosophical, literary, theoretical and critical texts from 1790 to 1860, uncovering six aesthetic values that define the sonata in the 19th century: abstract form, large-scale coherence, organicism, the opposition of tradition and innovation, an expression of the sublime and of nobility. Chapters 3 to 5 use different analytical methods (Caplin’s Formenlehre, Schenkerian linear analysis, and rhythmic analysis based on Lester, Krebs, and de Médicis) to illustrate how these six core aesthetic values illuminate the specific structures of four sonata-form movements: Mendelssohn’s Piano Sonata in E Major, op. 6 (1826), Schumann’s Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, op. 11 (1832-1835) and Piano Sonata in F Minor, “Concert sans orchestre”, op. 14 (1835-1836, rev. 1853), and Brahms’ Piano Sonata in F-sharp Minor, op. 2 (1852). This approach, which applies Caplin’s theory of form to a repertoire for which it was not originally developed, underscores the fluidity of the relationship between aesthetic discourse and compositional practice. Each composer, perhaps each individual work, responds to the aesthetic values in different ways and to varying degrees. In the end, this type of analysis shows how significant aesthetic considerations are in conceptualising sonata form in the 19th century. It broadens our perspective on form by better identifying the commonalities and divergences between classical and romantic sonata form, and provides elements that will allow a more accurate comparison of these two repertoires.

August Strindbergs dramer Till Damaskus I, Ett drömspel och Spöksonaten har många likheter och brukar ofta refereras till som ”drömspel” på grund av deras drömlika stämning. Vad skapar denna stämning? Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur olika typer av upprepning utgör grepp med vilka Strindberg bygger sin speciella värld, som står mitt emellan drömmen och verkligheten. Det är en närläsning som både ser till makro- och mikroperspektiv; undersökningen gäller både retoriska språkfigurer i dialogen och större strukturella upprepningar i dramat.   Upprepningens betydelse för skapandet av drömstämningen i Till Damaskus I, Ett drömspel och Spöksonaten kan i en bredare bemärkelse inte överdrivas. Trots dess mycket olika former i dramerna spelar den i alla tre pjäserna en stor roll. I Till Damaskus I är den strukturella och materiella upprepningen avgörande grepp i dramat. I Ett drömspel är återkommande scener och inte minst upprepningen i replikerna påtagligt och skapar effektivt en känsla hos läsaren av att befinna sig i en dröm. I Spöksonaten är det upprepningen av tidigare händelser innan dramats början i form av traumatiska minnen i olika konkretiserade former, som spelar störst roll och som man skulle kunna hävda utgör dramats mest bärande komponent. Trots dramernas många olikheter, förenas de av många likheter – så många och grundläggande att det inte skulle vara omöjligt att kalla dem för en drömspelstrilogi.

This paper examines the generic aspect of Beethoven's Opus 5 Cello Sonatas (1796) from structuralist and post-structuralist perspectives, and explores the works from these viewpoints in order to gain insights into how the sonatas function as autonomous musical texts rather than historiographic documents of Beethoven's biography or transitional contributions in the development of the genre of the solo sonata as it was later cultivated. The insights offered by these perspectives argue for a reconsideration of the conventional notions of "work" and "text," which underscore the doctrine of work-immanence. This perspective also offers insights that have proven elusive when the works are considered primarily in the context of the historical-biographical construct of Beethoven's three style-periods. By applying the aesthetic practice of expressive doubling prevalent at the turn of the nineteenth century to Beethoven's Opus 5 Sonatas, a deeper understanding of the constellation of the duo sonatas in accompanied keyboard literature will be attained. Also, by illuminating the relational nature of meaning realized within a textual framework, this study attempts to enlarge the restricted scope of interpretation conventionally imposed on the Opus 5 sonatas.

After examining biographical and stylistic influences on the work of J. C. Bach and C. P. E. Bach, this study analyzes and compares the two sonatas under discussion. Each sonata is placed in historical perspective by relating its outstanding formal and stylistic features with conservative Baroque or more progressive Classical tendencies. In addition to the recorded performance of the Sonata in E-Major, Op. 5, by Johann Christian Bach, and the Sonata in G-Major from Fur Kenner und Liebhaber, Vol. 1, by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, this dissertation includes three tape recordings of selected piano works of D. Scarlatti, F. Haydn, W. A. Mozart, L. V. Beethoven, F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, F. Liszt, S. Rachmaninoff, and C. Debussy.

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Nach der Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten nahm der deutsche Komponist Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963) eine radikal antifaschistische Haltung ein. Während der 12 Jahre dauernden Diktatur konnte er nur wenige Werke zur Aufführung bringen und zog sich in die »innere Emigration« zurück. 1945 war er deshalb weitgehend unbekannt, galt aber bei den US-Besatzern als absolut nicht kompromittiert. Bis Kriegsende entfaltete Hartmann seine Musiksprache in der politischen Auseinandersetzung. In diesem Zusammenhang verwendete er gern Zitate und Widmungen, um auf politische, soziale und kulturelle Begebenheiten hinzuweisen. Die Klaviersonate 27. April 1945 bezieht sich mit der Datierung auf den Todesmarsch von Dachauer KZ-Häftlingen. Sie liegt in zwei Manuskripten vor. Drei bzw. (im Manuskript II) zwei Sätze nehmen Partisanen- und Arbeiterlieder auf. Im Bestreben, die Zitate in einen anderen ästhetischen Kontext zu integrieren, entsteht eine interessante Beziehung zwischen Original und Bearbeitung. In diesem Artikel sollen einige Aspekte von Hartmanns Umgang mit den Zitaten thematisiert werden. Dabei wird vor allem zu den Publikationen von Hanns-Werner Heister Bezug genommen. Im Fokus steht der Finalsatz von Manuskript II. / After the National Socialist Party had seized power, German composer Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963) took a radical antifascist stance. Only a few of his compositions were performed during the 12 years of the Third Reich, and Hartmann withdrew into “inner emigration”. The occupation forces considered Hartmann the most uncompromising of all German musicians. In his oeuvre, Hartmann made use of quotations and dedications to refer to political, social and cultural events. One notable piece is the piano sonata 27. April 1945 – referring to the death march of Dachau concentration camp prisoners on that day. Two manuscripts exist: Three (or two in manuscript II) movements quote partisans’ and workers’ songs. In an effort to integrate the quotations into a different aesthetic context, an interesting relationship between the original and the adaptation is created. In this paper, I will discuss some aspects of Hartmann’s handling of the quotations. Particular reference is made to the publications of Hanns-Werner Heister. This paper focusses on the final movement of manuscript II.

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Leo Brouwer's Sonata Mitología de las Aguas No. I for flute and guitar, first published in 2017, has taken its place as an important twenty-first-century addition to the flute and guitar duo repertory. I provide a brief historical context for the work, followed by preparation guides for guitar alone and duo passages. My preparation guides include exercises and rehearsal strategies, focusing on those passages of the work that include controlled indeterminacy. The study of indeterminacy in music is unusual in the pedagogy of the classical guitarist; this leaves guitarists unprepared for dealing with pieces, especially chamber works, that use improvisation or aleatoric music as a primary element. I take a multifaceted approach to facilitate the realization of the indeterminate sections of the work; this includes demonstrations of my traditional music notation transcriptions and other rehearsal strategies and the application of music performance study systems by James Thurmond and Marcel Tabuteau. This document aims to provide guidance to creating an organic, natural aesthetic in the actualization of Brouwer's groundbreaking work.

The American composer Charles Ives is well known for musical quotation/borrowing: composing music with or from pre-existing musical sources, such as folk tunes, hymns, chants, or other composers' works. His Third Violin Sonata is one of few works that used his unique technique of cumulative setting with only hymn tunes. For analysis of his instrumental music, the text of the hymn tunes is generally disregarded, as the compositions are for instruments. Ives' Third Violin Sonata is challenging to understand in comparison with other violin sonatas, because it lacks information such as titles and subtitles. Even though Ives never mentioned the piece's meanings or extramusical meanings, almost all the elements of the piece indicate hope as a common theme. This dissertation examines which hymn tunes were quoted in the piece, gives the meanings of the hymn tunes, and discusses how Ives uses these tunes as themes with textual meanings. The study includes a brief life of Ives and his historical circumstances and presents a brief musical analysis. The research should give a better understanding of the piece to performers and others curious about it.