Classical Composer: | Hindemith, Paul |
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Work: | Organ Sonata No. 2 |
Year Composed: | 1937 |
Instrumentation: | org |
Publisher: | Schott Music |
Duration: | 00:09:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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Sonata No. 2 (June/July 1937) is the most chamber music-ike of the three sonatas. It is less confessional than the First and has a classically clear form. The first movement begins with a succint, energetic main theme, from which are derived various playful motifs and themes in the manner of a Baroque concerto. A gloomy C sharp minor episode with triple octaves in the lower register ushers in a brief change of mood, throwing the reprise of the lively and spontaneous main theme that follows into greater relief. The second movement is a very lyrical, song-like piece in a rocking siciliano rhythm, the third movement a spirited fugue full of joie de vivre with a rhythmically striking theme. Interestingly, Hindemith eschews contrapuntal refinements such as stretto or augmentation to conclude the fugue, quite atypically, monodically with a statement of the theme in octaves.
Writer: Dr. Rainer Mohrs
Translated by: Susan Baxter
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