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Music theory

an approach that reads sonatas against a set of genre norms and defaults, treating each work as a dialogue with those expectations.

In music theory, sonata theory refers to an approach that reads sonatas against a set of genre norms and defaults, treating each work as a dialogue with those expectations. This meaning comes from Hepokoski (2006) in Elements of sonata theory.[1]

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References

Hepokoski, J. A., & Darcy, W. (2006). Elements of sonata theory. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195146400

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