
Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata Specialization

Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata Specialization
Discover the Piano Sonata. Identify, analyze, and relate the parts: inhabit the composer’s workshop and understand how masterworks are built.

Instructor: Matthew Bengtson
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What you'll learn
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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Frequently asked questions
Each course in this series in 4 weeks' worth of effort.
This is an intermediate repertoire course. Inquisitive hobbyists will find opportunities to converse in repertoire detail. Serious pianists and musicians earning degrees will discover challenging exercises and content.
We recommend you take the courses in order if you plan to complete the course series in full.
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