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A.B. Marx's Concept of Rondo and Sonata: A Critical Evaluation of His Explanations of Musical Form

The third volume of A.B. Marx's theory treatise Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition is discussed. His definitions of rondo and sonata formal types are demonstrated in the first chapter in addition to the manner of their derivation through a developmental process originating in the Liedform. Musical examples chosen by Marx are examined in chapter two. These examples, taken from Mozart's and Beethoven's piano works, are evaluated in relation to Marx's definitions of the various types of form. The third chapter is concerned with the progression from microstructure to macrostructure and the functional interrelation of the parts to the whole. In addition, Marx's opinion on musical form is compared with perspectives of philosophers from his time period and the immediate past.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500789
Date07 1900
CreatorsLang, Adelheid K.
ContributorsPhipps, Graham Howard, Cho, Gene J., Sovik, Thomas Paul
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 113 leaves : music, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Lang, Adelheid K.

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