The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative

"... one of the most interesting, useful and even exciting books on the process of musical creation." -- American Music Teacher"... noteworthy contribution... with plenty of insight into interpretation... remarkable as an insider's account of the works in an individual perspective." -- European Music TeacherDrake groups the Beethoven piano sonatas according to their musical qualities, rather than their chronology. He explores the interpretive implications of rhythm, dynamics, slurs, harmonic effects, and melodic development and identifies specific measures where Beethoven skillfully employs these compositional devices.

Kenneth Drake is Professor Emeritus of Piano at the University of Illinois and author ofThe Sonatas of Beethoven as He Played and Taught Them. He is active as a performer on period pianos.

Cover illustration: The Beethoven Broadwood fortepiano. Courtesy of the Hungarian National Museum. Photo by Sheila Rock, Thorn EMI London.

Preface

ix

The First Raptus, and All Subsequent Ones

1

(8)

The Sounds of Involvement

Technique as Touch

9

(24)

Tempo and the Pacing of Musical Ideas

33

(7)

Dynamic Nuance and Musical Line

40

(8)

The Role of Silence

48

(6)

Sound as Color

54

(13)

The Sonatas

Descriptive Music: Op. 81a, Op. 13

67

(17)

Motivic Development: Op. 2 No. 1, Op. 57, Op. 110

84

(29)

Quasi una Fantasia: Op. 27 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 26

113

(15)

Line and Space: Op. 2 No. 2, Op. 101

128

(16)

Movement as Energized Color: Op. 53

144

(15)

The Moment of Creation: Op. 28, Op. 31 Nos. 2 and 3

159

(32)

Facing Two Directions: Op. 49 Nos. 1 and 2, Op. 54, Op. 78, Op. 90

191

(20)

The Enjoyment of Fluency: Op. 10 Nos. 2 and 3, Op. 14 No. 2, Op. 22, Op.31 No. 1, Op. 79

211

(28)

The Cosmopolitan Impostor: Op. 2 No. 3, Op. 14 No. 1

239

(20)

Embracing the Dachstein: Op. 7, Op. 106

259

(21)

A Higher Revelation: Op. 10 No. 1, Op. 109, Op. 111

280

(25)

The Witness Tree

305

(6)

Notes

311

(6)

Index

317

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The Beethoven Sonatas and the Creative Experience

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