Sonata Forms¶
Rosen, C. (1980). Sonata Forms. W. W. Norton.
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- Modulation
- In sonata form, the modulation to the dominant in the exposition is the single most structurally significant harmonic move in the classical canon: it introduces the second theme in a foreign key and thereby opens the tonal conflict that the recapitulation's return to tonic will resolve
This sourceRosen's argument that the exposition's dramatized arrival at the dominant installs the second group in a foreign key and creates the polarity the recapitulation resolves; the superlative ranking is the article's, and the generalisation holds for major-key expositions - minor-key ones move to the relative major.
- In sonata form, the modulation to the dominant in the exposition is the single most structurally significant harmonic move in the classical canon: it introduces the second theme in a foreign key and thereby opens the tonal conflict that the recapitulation's return to tonic will resolve
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