Piano trio in G major / C. Debussy -- Piano trio in B-flat major, no. 7, op. 97 / L v. Beethoven. / text

Piano trio in B flat major, K. 502 / W. A. Mozart -- Piano trio in C minor, op. 1, no. 3 / Ludwig van Beethoven. / text

Sonata in A major for violin and piano / Cesar Franck -- Piano trio no. 2 in C minor, op. 66 / F. Mendelssohn. / text

Sonata for violin and cello / Maurice Ravel -- Piano trio in C major, op.87 / Johannes Brahms. / text

Sonata for violin and cello / Maurice Ravel -- Piano trio in C major, op.87 / Johannes Brahms. / text

Der Nussbaum : from Myrten, op. 25, 3 ; Marienwurmchen : from Lieder-Album fur die Jugend, op. 79, 13 ; Weit, weit : from Myrten, op. 25, 20 ; Du bist wie eine Blume : from Myrten, op. 25, 24 ; Erstes Grun : from 12 Gedichte, op. 35, 4 / Robert Schumann - La Boheme. Act I. Chi e la? ; Si sente meglio? ; Che gelida manina ; Si, mi chiamo Mimi ; O soave fanciulla / Giacomo Puccini -- Piano trio in A minor / Maurice Ravel. / text

Piano trio no.2 in C minor, op.66 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Piano quintet in E-flat major, op.44 / Robert Schumann. / text

Both Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) and Maurice Ravel (1875-1837) were outstanding composers of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century who followed and transmitted the specifically French tradition. Ravel studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), who was a student of Saint-Satins. SaintSaens's Trio No. 1, Op. 18, was written in 1863, while he was teaching a the Ecole Niedermeyer. As one of the earliest works by the composer, it reveals his conservative style in the well-defined four-movement structure, particularly characterized by classical periodization and clarity of texture. Saint-Sadns's Trio No. 2, Op. 92, was written in 1892, when he was more mature and better known as both composer and performer. Written twenty-nine years after the first trio, the second trio is more ambitious and complicated than the first trio. The second trio exhibits elaborate harmonies and extensive sonata structure, including a fugue within an unusual five-movement framework.Ravel's trio was completed in 1914, shortly after the start of the First World War, at Saint-Jean-de-Luz in Basque country. I The trio displays new sonorities and expression achieved by brilliant string techniques and powerful, vertical piano writing, as well as the employment of various kinds of non-traditional scales. Within a four-movement structure, the second movement, entitled Pantown, a poetic form of Malayan origin, is most original, including the middle section in polymeter.The analyses of these three trios reveal significant similarities in stylistic and formal characteristics. All three trios preserve the outline framework of the traditional sonata concept. Saint-Sa&ns's second trio and Ravel's trio include passacaglia movements, based on the Baroque form. All three trios employ folk elements: the modal style of certain themes, and certain rhythms; e.g., the Basque dance rhythm, zoriko, appears in Saint-Saans's second trio and Ravel's trio. The use of quintuple time in both trios also shows the Basque influence. Among other common characteristics are rhythmic ostinato and thematic juxtaposition. All three trios represent trends in French music between the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century: nationalism and neoclassicism. / School of Music

Thesis (M. A.)--University of California, San Diego, 2010. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 14, 2010). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Sound files consist of recordings of North and Yet somehow comes emptiness in single-channel and stereo. configurations.

Sonata in A major for violin and piano, op. 13 / Gabriel Faure -- Sonata in C major for cello and piano, op. 102, no. 1 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Cafe music / Paul Schoenfield. / text