Week 1-3:  Review

Theory review:  scales, modes, chords, chord qualities, etc.  Text:  Ottman: Fundamentals of Music Theory

Unit:  4:  Overview of the Sonata Form
The Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti, C.P.E. Bach, Soler, Haydn, and W.A. Mozart.

Weeks 5 - 7

Overview of binary forms.  History and evolution of the sonata form. 

The Baroque Period Sonata:  The life and music of Domenico Scarlatti

Week 8-10

The Classical Period Sonata:  The life and music of C.P.E. Bach

The life and music of Soler

Weeks 11 and 12

The sonatas of Haydn and W.A. Mozart

Weeks 13-16

Recital Preparation, Final Paper

Unit 2:  The Sonatas of Beethoven. 

Text:  Charles Rosen:  Beethoven's Piano Sonatas -- A Short Companion

Week 8 - 9

Beethoven biography and the three style periods

Week 10

Sonatas from Beethoven's First Period

Week 11

Sonatas from Beethoven's Second Period

Week 12

Sonatas from Beethoven's Third Period

Week 13

Beethoven Wrap-up and Final Test

Unit 3:  The Cusp of Romanticism and the Romantic Period Sonata

Week 14 -15

Schubert biography and musical overview

The Sonatas of Schubert

Weeks 16 and 17

The Sonatas of Schumann and Brahms

Weeks 18 and 19

The Sonatas of Liszt and Scriabin

Unit 4:  Sonatas of the Impressionists and the Composers in the 20th Century

Weeks 20-21

Ravel vs. Debussy

Week 22

The Sonatas of Prokofiev

Week 23

Sonatas of Bartok, Ginastera, and Barber

Week 24

Sonatas of the Avant-Gardists

Week 25

Wrap-up and Final

Unit 5: Composers Who Wrote Little or No Piano Music

Orchestral music of Mahler, Richard Strauss.

Operas of Verdi, Puccini, and Leoncavallo

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