In this 3-course specialization, learners will analyze important passages and components of the piano sonata repertoire, while gaining a solid knowledge of the sonata’s inner workings and a better sense of historical developments in the genre. Across the series, learners will dive into compositions by Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and others.
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In this 3-course specialization, learners will analyze important passages and components of the piano sonata repertoire, while gaining a solid knowledge of the sonata’s inner workings and a better sense of historical developments in the genre. Across the series, learners will dive into compositions by Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and others.
In this 3-course specialization, learners will analyze important passages and components of the piano sonata repertoire, while gaining a solid knowledge of the sonata’s inner workings and a better sense of historical developments in the genre. Across the series, learners will dive into compositions by Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and others.
These courses were filmed at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, among other locations, to showcase the depth of the sonata repertoire and the instruments that contributed to its history.
What's inside
Three courses
The Piano Sonata: Origins to Mozart
The Piano Sonata: Origins to Mozart
The Piano Sonata: Beethoven and the Romantics
The Piano Sonata: Beethoven and the Romantics
The Piano Sonata: Russian and 20th-21st Century Composers
The Piano Sonata: Russian and 20th-21st Century Composers
Learning objectives
- Identify specific historical time periods in which the popularity of sonatas increases or decreases and the reasons behind these trends.
- Identify sonata form
- Recognize the most influential pieces in the sonata repertoire.
- Identify specific historical time periods in which the popularity of sonatas increases or decreases and the reasons behind these trends.
- Identify sonata form
- Recognize the most influential pieces in the sonata repertoire.
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