Name: The Piano Sonata: Russian and 20th-21st Century Composers
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This course is part of the Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata Specialization

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Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata SpecializationUniversity of Michigan

About this Course

In this course, you’ll review sonata form and learn how the piano sonata was revitalized in the 20th century, with a particular attention to composers from Russia, where the sonata was an especially popular and successful genre. You’ll study some of the most influential piano sonatas of the 20th century, in both Neo-Classical and avant-garde styles. This course will also expose you to a variety of lesser-known and more recent compositions, showing how the piano sonata genre continues to expand and to thrive.
This course was filmed at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, among other locations, to showcase the depth of the sonata repertoire and the instruments that contributed to its history.

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Course 3 of 3 in the

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Course 3 of 3 in the

Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Matthew Bengtson

Assistant Professor of Music, Piano Literature

School of Music, Theatre & Dance

2,186 Learners

3 Courses

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University of Michigan

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Setting the Stage

1 hour to complete

5 videos (Total 29 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Russian Composers

5 hours to complete

13 videos (Total 123 min), 9 readings, 2 quizzes

13 videos

The Russian Piano Sonata2mScriabin's Early Sonatas13mScriabin's Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 536mScriabin's Late Sonatas6mScriabin's Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 707mSergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)10mMedtner's Piano Sonatas2mMedtner's G Minor Sonata21mSergei Prokofiev Sonatas12mProkofiev's Second Sonata9mProkofiev's War Sonatas7mProkofiev's Sixth Sonata9mMore Russian Sonata Composers13m

9 readings

Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)10mIntroduction to Scriabin's Fifth Sonata10mIntroduction to Scriabin's Late Sonatas10mIntroduction to Scriabin's Tenth Sonata5mSergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)10mNikolai Medtner (1880-1951)10mIntroduction to Medtner's G Minor Sonata10mSergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)10mIntroduction to Prokofiev's War Sonatas (1939-1944)10m

2 practice exercises

Scriabin, Rachmaninov & Medtner30mProkofiev & Other Russian Composers20m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

20th and 21st Century Composers

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 116 min), 10 readings, 2 quizzes

8 videos

20th and 21st Century Composers2mRavel's Sonatine10mDutilleux's Sonata11mBerg's Piano Sonata op. 117mHindemith's Third Sonata12mIves's Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-1860"21mBarber's Sonata in E-Flat minor, op. 2622mBoulez's Sonata no. 216m

10 readings

Introduction to Maurice Ravel's Sonatine5mIntroduction to Henri Dutilleux's Sonata2mIntroduction to Alban Berg's Sonata10mIntroduction to Paul Hindemith's Third Sonata5mIntroduction to Charles Ives's "Concord Sonata"10mIves's Father's Influence and Social Context of Piano Sonata no. 210mIntroduction to Samuel Barber's Sonata5mIntroduction to Pierre Boulez's Second Sonata10mOverview of Early Twentieth Century Sonatas10mMore Recent Sonatas10m

2 practice exercises

Ravel, Dutilleux, & Berg 20mHindemith, Ives, Barber, and Boulez30m

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Course Conclusion and Honors Track Formal Analysis

2 hours to complete

4 readings

About the Exploring Piano Literature: The Piano Sonata Specialization

In this 3-course specialization, learners will analyze important passages and components of the piano sonata repertoire, while gaining a solid knowledge of the sonata’s inner workings and a better sense of historical developments in the genre. Across the series, learners will dive into compositions by Scarlatti, CPE Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and others.

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