Le 29 juin 2017
de 14h00 à 14h30
Le Patio (université de Strasbourg)
22 rue René Descartes, 67000 Strasbourg
amphithéâtre 4
Séance précomposée - Quel futur pour la Formenlehre? Challenging Recapitulatory Paradigms
Pré-acte / Acte
Auteur : L. Poundie Burstein
From the late-eighteenth century on, recapitulations commonly were preceded by a V that powerfully prepares for the ensuing double return at the start of the recapitulation, forming part of a large I-V-I structure that frames the entire movement. However, during the mid-1700s, composers took advantage of a far wider net of harmonic possibilities for approaching the recapitulation. In music of this era, one often finds recapitulations immediately preceded not only by V and V/vi, vi, and iii, but also I, i, ii, V/ii (!), V/iii, IV, V/IV (!), V/V (!), and v. Sometimes these harmonies appear at a cadence followed directly by the recapitulation; other times the harmony in question is the final chord of the retransition; sometimes with a brief melodic link, other times without one. Though explicitly referenced in writings of the time, these possibilities have been insufficiently acknowledged in more recent discussions, and yet they deep implications for understanding large-scale tonal structure not only for these specific pieces, but for Galant era sonata-form movements in general.
