Pushing Boundaries: Hindemith, Clarke and the Sonata Form
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Andrea Reinkemeyer
Subject Area
Music
Description
This presentation explores the ways in which Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith, two prominent composers of the 20th century, explore and break conventions on traditional musical structures with Clarke’s Viola Sonata (1919) and Hindemith’s Viola Sonata, Op.11 No.4 (1919) by taking ideas of the 19th century and expanding their limits with form, concepts of duality, and unifying musical ideas.
Recommended Citation
Graterol, Pedro, "Pushing Boundaries: Hindemith, Clarke and the Sonata Form" (2020). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 20.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2020/all/20
Pushing Boundaries: Hindemith, Clarke and the Sonata Form
This presentation explores the ways in which Rebecca Clarke and Paul Hindemith, two prominent composers of the 20th century, explore and break conventions on traditional musical structures with Clarke’s Viola Sonata (1919) and Hindemith’s Viola Sonata, Op.11 No.4 (1919) by taking ideas of the 19th century and expanding their limits with form, concepts of duality, and unifying musical ideas.
