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Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 6

Curtis Institute of Music

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Instructor

Jonathan Biss

Neubauer Family Chair in Piano Studies

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6 Courses

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Curtis Institute of Music

The Curtis Institute of Music educates and trains exceptionally gifted young musicians to engage a local and global community through the highest level of artistry. A tuition-free policy ensures that talent and artistic promise are the only considerations for admission. With a small student body of about 175, Curtis ensures that each young musician receives an education of unparalleled quality, distinguished by personalized attention from a celebrated faculty and a “learn by doing” philosophy. Curtis students hone their craft through more than 200 orchestra, opera, and solo and chamber music offerings each year in Philadelphia and around the world.

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Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Welcome to Class

WELCOME TO CLASS! We are thrilled that you have joined us for Part 6 of Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas course, taught by Jonathan Biss, Chair of Piano Studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. Jonathan is recognized as a world-renown concert artist and musical thinker. This course is Part 6 of the existing series called Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas. As with all sections of this course, Part 6 contains new and separate sets of lectures. Specifically, we will dive into Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Opp. 14 and 49; Sonata Op. 31 No. 3; Op. 54; and Op. 111. It is important to remind you that it is not necessary to have taken the previous Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas courses, in order to enroll in this one. We think you will be perfectly comfortable to start learning with Part 6 if you wish and continue backwards. Between these courses, there exists a large amount of additional resources and learning that might be helpful as you embark on Part 6. And of course, we strongly encourage you to take Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, if you have not yet. In the meantime, have a terrific time taking this class and Part 6 of Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas.

1 hour to complete

3 readings

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Opp. 14 and 49

2 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 71 min)

11 videos

"The Sonatas Op. 49 and 14: The Exceptions that Prove the Rule of Beethoven's Ambition"2mOp. 49 No. 2, 1st movement6mOp. 49 No. 2, 2nd movement5mOp. 49 No. 1, 1st movement5mOp. 49 No. 1, 2nd movement4mOp. 14 No. 1, 1st movement11mOp. 14 No. 1, 2nd movement7mOp. 14 No. 1, 3rd movement5mOp. 14 No. 2, 1st movement8mOp. 14 No. 2, 2nd movement7mOp. 14 No. 2, 3rd movement7m

1 practice exercise

Final Quiz - Opp. 14 and 49 - Quiz30m

Week3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Op. 31 No. 3

1 hour to complete

10 videos (Total 73 min)

10 videos

The Most Subtle Work in its Opus3m1st mvt: An Opening that is Ambiguous, Wistful, and Mercurial9m1st mvt: A Constant Dialogue between Seriousness and Play6m1st mvt: A Return – and an Entire Movement – with an Emotional Question Mark9m2nd mvt: A Modified Scherzo from the World of Opera8m2nd mvt: Comedy and a bit of Melodrama5m3nd mvt: A Menuet Playing the Role of a Slow Movement9m4th mvt: A Joyous Depiction of a Hunt10m4th mvt: Drama and Comedy, Butting Heads4m4th mvt: A Coda That Revisits Many of the Work’s Concerns5m

1 practice exercise

Final Quiz - Op. 31 No. 3 - Quiz

Week4

Week 4

1 hour to complete

Op. 54

1 hour to complete

10 videos (Total 53 min)

10 videos

The Odd Cousin in a Family of 322mIn the Middle of the Heroic Middle Period, a Work of High Quirkiness4mA Sonata of Two Movements – One More Irregular than the Other2m1st mvt: A Menuet that is a bit Foursquare…7m1st mvt: …and a Trio that Goes Hog-wild…8m1st mvt: …and Finally, a Coda that Gives the Movement Emotional Heft7m2nd mvt: A Slow-moving Perpetual Motion2m2nd mvt: Rock-steady Motion; Peculiar Harmonic and Rhythmic Detail8m2nd mvt: A Second Repeat Highlighting this Work’s Sly Strangeness6m2nd mvt: The Movement’s Potential Energy, Thrillingly Unleashed3m

1 practice exercise

Final Quiz - Op. 54 - Quiz

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