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Elements of Sonata Theory$
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James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195146400

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195146400.001.0001

The Type 5 Sonata

Mozart's Concertos (Solo and Larger Expositions: Solo 1 + Ritornello 2)

Chapter:
(p. 496 ) Chapter Twenty-One The Type 5 Sonata
Source:
Elements of Sonata Theory
Author(s):

James Hepokoski

Warren Darcy

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195146400.003.0021

In a Type 5 sonata the initial solo entry is a dramatically charged moment: the orchestra hands over the beginning of the task to the soloist, who will be spotlighted in most of what follows; and the soloist is expected to respond to what the Ritornello 1 has already made concrete. There are two options that a soloist can use, and a good example of the first option is in Mozart's concertos' first-level-default procedure, wherein the Ritornello 1 comes to a full close with a final caesura and the soloist enters by sounding the opening of the R1:\P theme in the tonic. In this kind of concept the soloist announces themself by accepting the initial idea of the Ritornello 1. The other option of the soloist is to enter with new material, preceding the onset of R1:\P with links, bridges, and prefaces.

Keywords:   orchestra, soloist, concertos, bridges, prefaces, links, caesura, option

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