Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 2
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- Welcome to Part 2 of Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas!
- I'm delighted to launch another set of new lectures of this course as Part 2. As before, this class is meant for people of all levels of experience with Beethoven's music (including no experience at all!). Remember that you are able to watch the lectures as many times as you like, at whatever pace is comfortable for you.
- As I?ve done with the first set of Beethoven lectures, I look forward to meeting with students?online and in person, in various cities. The dates and locations will be posted in the Announcements and Events section, as part of the course content. So please remember to check back there for details.
- In these four new lectures, we will explore the following sonatas:
- ? Sonata Op. 2, No. 3
- ? Sonata Op. 13 (?Pathetique?)
- ? Sonata Op. 53 (?Waldstein?)
- ? Sonata Op. 90
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Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 2 at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome to Class!
Welcome to this next phase of class!
Syllabus
Pre-Course Survey
Op. 2, No. 3
Getting Under the Hood
Aiming for the Gallery
1st mvt: Muscularity and Humor
1st mvt: Athleticism as the Movement's "Glue"
1st mvt: Cadenza!
2nd mvt: The Music in the Silences
2nd mvt: Sonic, Harmonic, and Emotional Variety
3rd mvt: "Scherzo" means "Joke"!
4th mvt: And Yet Again, The Curlicue
Key Terms/Concepts: Op. 2 No. 3
Op. 2 No. 3
Op. 13, "Pathetique"
A Groundbreaking, Overexposed Masterwork
1st mvt: The Slow Introduction as a Major Addition to Sonata Form
1st mvt: An Exposition in Constant Upward Motion
1st mvt: The Introduction's Complex, Revolutionary Role
1st mvt: Subverting Expectations until the Bitter End
2nd mvt: Beethoven at his most Sublimely Lyrical
2nd mvt: The Emotional Power of Structural Simplicity
3rd mvt: Introducing an Element of Ambiguity
3rd mvt: Tying the Movement to the Rest of the Work, Devastatingly
Key terms/concepts: Op. 13, "Pathetique"
Op. 13, "Pathetique"
Op. 53, "Waldstein"
Rescuing a Masterpiece from Ubiquity
1st mvt: Establishing the Character -- Immediately
1st mvt: Using the Mediant -- and Changing Musical History
1st mvt: Orchestrating on the Piano
1st mvt: The Darkest of Beethoven's Developments, Part 1
1st mvt: The Darkest of Beethoven's Developments, Part 2
1st mvt Recapitulation: Restoring Harmonic Order
1st mvt Coda: Hard-Earned Triumph
2nd mvt Introduction: Pointing the Way to the Finale, and the Late Period
2nd mvt Introduction: Accentuating the Sonata's "Misterioso" Nature
2nd mvt. Introduction: Towards a Profound Simplicity
2nd mvt: At Last, Harmonic Stability
2nd mvt: Leaving the Reverie, and Returning
2nd mvt: Going Briefly Off-Script
2nd mvt Coda: Taking the Material to its Limit
Key terms/concepts: Op. 53, "Waldstein"
Op. 53, "Waldstein"
Op. 90
No Rhetoric; No Third Movement
1st mvt: Anger and Resignation, Juxtaposed
1st mvt: Intensity and Nuance in a Highly Concentrated Form
1st mvt: Using Harmonic Ambiguity to Create a Peculiar Power
1st mvt: A Devastating Resolution
2nd mvt: Rebirth; The Sonata's Movements as Yin and Yang
2nd mvt: Repetitiveness as a Virtue
2nd mvt: Paving the Road to the Late Period
Key Terms/Concepts: Op. 90
Op. 90
Listening to the Sonatas
Jonathan Biss' Recordings
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