Corpus Studies, Sonata Typology, and the Nineteenth-Century Violin Concerto: Viotti, Saint-Saëns, and the Challenge of Recapitulatory Compression
(2025)
Journal Article
Horton, J., & Smith, P. H. (online). Corpus Studies, Sonata Typology, and the Nineteenth-Century Violin Concerto: Viotti, Saint-Saëns, and the Challenge of Recapitulatory Compression. Music Theory Spectrum, https://doi.org/10.1093/mts/mtae013
A corpus study of first-movement form in the nineteenth-century violin concerto, encompassing works from Viotti to Elgar, addresses: the New Formenlehre’s lack of attention to the genre, the pitfalls of formal theory’s focus on canonical Austro-Germa... Read More about Corpus Studies, Sonata Typology, and the Nineteenth-Century Violin Concerto: Viotti, Saint-Saëns, and the Challenge of Recapitulatory Compression.