A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SONATA FORM (I) THE BAROQUE SONATA

Abstract

In this short study, we aim to define the typologies of the sonata form in the music of the Baroque period, alongside the perspective of some well-known authors (Charles Rosen, James Webster or William Newman) and to propose two analyses – the Sonata in G minor, K. 450 composed by D. Scarlatti and part I from the Sonata in A major, Wq. 55/4 by C. Ph. E. Bach. An interesting point of this study is the connection and the transition from the monothematic sonata form to the bithematic sonata form.

Keywords

• Baroque, Sonata form, analyses, D. Scarlatti, C. Ph. E. Bach.