The Sonata in the Classic Era

Third edition.

CONTENIDO:

-Preface
-Abbreviations and Related Editorial Matters
-Music Examples
-Tables, Charts and Maps
I. Introduction. The Historical Problem
Part I. The Nature of the Classic Sonata
II. The Concept of "Sonata" in Classic Writings
III. The Sonata in Classic Society
IV. The Spread of the Classic Sonata
V. Instruments and Settings
VI. Style and Form
Part II. The Composers and Their Sonatas
VII. The Keyboard Sonata in Italy from about 1735 to 1780
VIII. The Ensemble Sonata in Italy from about 1740 to 1780
IX. The Iberian Peninsula from about 1735-1780
X. Italy and the Iberian Peninsula from about 1780 to 1825
XI. South Germany and Austria from about 1735 to 1780
XII. Central Germany from about 1735 to 1780
XIII. North Germany from about 1735 to 1780
XIV. Haydn and Mozart
XV. Beethoven
XVI. Minor Austrians and Germans from about 1780 to 1825
XVII. France from about 1735 to 1780
XVIII. France from about 1780 to 1830
XIX. Great Britain from about 1740 to 1780
XX. Great Britain in Clementi's Days
XXI. Outlying Regions, East, North and West
-Addenda
-Bibliography
-Index