Description

The Sonata for Horn and Piano was written for Margaret Tung, Professor of Horn at the University of Akron, with financial assistance from the University of Akron. Movement I is in a free sonata form with two main themes: 1) a heroic theme employing octave skips, and 2) a more expressive, lyric theme. The second movement includes a folk-like melody at the beginning, anticipating a chaconne midway through it. Movement III is a rondo in which 7/8 meter persists throughout. A cadenza appears toward the end of the movement followed by a brisk coda. The Sonata represents the culmination of the composer’s goal to write sonatas for each of the principal orchestral brass instruments, that is: horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba.Description: 3 mvt. sonata for horn and piano (also for horn and concert band $90.00)

Grade: V

Duration: 15:20