The form is really interesting. A fugue as main part/movement of a classic sonata is unusual. Then we have a regular slow movement, but as a finally/coda we have something one would expect as development in a regular sonata-movement. Really weird. And really worth listening.
At the danger of sounding too negative, it's really some gross form of institutional perversion that German musicolgy somehow managed to publish the entirety of E.T.A. Hoffmann's known musical output into a philologically sound complete edition, yet failed to do so for a really significant composer like Robert Schumann. This says a lot about the self-understanding of the discipline in the German-speaking world, where fluency in latin is often deemed much more important than a decent curriculum of music theory. That said as a somewhat sober side note, I must stress how extremely important I find such videos for broader educational purposes, because Hoffmann is so hugely influential with his esthetical theory of music in the early 19th century. I just have to stress how essential many aspects of this composition are, even for understanding his literary output, which will live on forever as an all-time classic, a fact probably unfamiliar to many, even to many students of literature around the world. A writer like Edgar Allen Poe would be completely unthinkable without Hoffmann's stories and novels. Considering some of his other musical works, he can be a very capable composer as well. Especially the formal concept of this sonata is incredibly interesting, I'm just doubting a little Hoffmann's ability to put that vision into craft in this particular case.
@@SPscorevideos Yes, the institute in Düsseldorf responsible for the project was shut down because their sponsors cut their funding mid-way. There are some major works that got an edition, including some of Schumann's sketch books, but many of his early piano works and Lieder didn't make it into an edition. It's such a pity.
Well, it is a good morceau to me xD Quite interesting that this piece is actually 1-movement work, since it is from transitional era (classical-romantic)
Yes, regarding its form, it's really close to C.P.E or J.C. Bach's Sonatas, which is very weird for a Sonata written 2 years *after* Beethoven's Appassionata (!)...
The form is really interesting. A fugue as main part/movement of a classic sonata is unusual. Then we have a regular slow movement, but as a finally/coda we have something one would expect as development in a regular sonata-movement. Really weird. And really worth listening.
At the danger of sounding too negative, it's really some gross form of institutional perversion that German musicolgy somehow managed to publish the entirety of E.T.A. Hoffmann's known musical output into a philologically sound complete edition, yet failed to do so for a really significant composer like Robert Schumann. This says a lot about the self-understanding of the discipline in the German-speaking world, where fluency in latin is often deemed much more important than a decent curriculum of music theory.
That said as a somewhat sober side note, I must stress how extremely important I find such videos for broader educational purposes, because Hoffmann is so hugely influential with his esthetical theory of music in the early 19th century. I just have to stress how essential many aspects of this composition are, even for understanding his literary output, which will live on forever as an all-time classic, a fact probably unfamiliar to many, even to many students of literature around the world. A writer like Edgar Allen Poe would be completely unthinkable without Hoffmann's stories and novels. Considering some of his other musical works, he can be a very capable composer as well. Especially the formal concept of this sonata is incredibly interesting, I'm just doubting a little Hoffmann's ability to put that vision into craft in this particular case.
I'm perplexed to know that the entire output of Hoffmann has been published, and the Schumann's hasn't been yet: are you sure of that? :O
@@SPscorevideos Yes, the institute in Düsseldorf responsible for the project was shut down because their sponsors cut their funding mid-way. There are some major works that got an edition, including some of Schumann's sketch books, but many of his early piano works and Lieder didn't make it into an edition. It's such a pity.
Well, it is a good morceau to me xD
Quite interesting that this piece is actually 1-movement work, since it is from transitional era (classical-romantic)
Yes, regarding its form, it's really close to C.P.E or J.C. Bach's Sonatas, which is very weird for a Sonata written 2 years *after* Beethoven's Appassionata (!)...
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