A History of the Sonata Idea

This volume completes Newman's monumental study of the sonata. It examines the evolution of the sonata idea from the precocious Romanticisms of Dussek before 1880 to the near exhaustion of Romantic music by the time of World War I. Thoroughly documented, illustrated by extended lists of sonatas as well as a full bibliography of Romantic music literature, this book is invaluable to musicians.