Chapter 38: The Classical Sonata
Study Plan
Key Points
- Classical sonatas were set either for one solo instrument (the fortepiano, an early piano) or for duos (violin and piano, for example).
- Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven all wrote music influenced by the Turkish Janissary, or military, band (CP 10), including the lively Rondo alla turca from Mozart's Sonata in A major, K. 331.
- The Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's best-known piano work, evokes the new Romantic style.
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