THE LEARNING CURVE Fall 2008
Art History, Archaeology, Astronomy, History, Literature, Philosophy, Music

The Sonata
Classical Music’s Most Enduring Form

The sonata is to classical music as the novel is to literature. For over four hundred years, from Bach to modern day, composers and audiences have found the sonata to be a continually evolving, inventive, inexhaustible form. Join composer and cellist Harry Clark for a four-part class that will demonstrate clearly the fascination composers have had in incorporating ‘sonata-form’ in all classical music be it chamber, symphonic, concerto, and solo instruments. A 2 CD set of music from Bach to Bartok will accompany the course to allow participants to listen ahead to the music to be explored. Music of Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Debussy, Ravel, Bartok and others will be included.

Week 1: The Beginnings: Sonata form in the Baroque Era.

Week 2: The Classical Period: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Week 3: The Romantic Period: Brahms, Schumann and others

Week 4: The 20th and 21st Century: Debussy, Ravel, Bartok -- the future.

When: Mondays, Nov 3 - 24, 2:00-4:00pm 
Where: The Windmill Inn, 4250 N. Campbell Ave.
Cost: $115 (4 sessions, includes a 2 CD set)

Instructor:
Harry Clark, cellist and playwright, creates an extraordinary interweaving of music and biography. Cofounder and artistic director of Chamber Music PLUS, and a founding member of the Clark-Schuldman Duo, Harry Clark and his partner Sanda Schuldman have been heard on every important stage in America and served as artists-in-residence at Quinnipiac University for the past ten seasons.

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