A Formal Analysis of Beethoven’s Pathetique

Beethoven wrote his Eighth Piano Sonata (Pathetique) in 1797 and it was published in 1799. The piece was written during what is considered his “early” period. The Pathetique sonata is technically considered to be in the “classical” era of music history but it has many romantic elements. Beethoven is well known for making the first […]

Bartok’s Hierarchical Tonality in Free Variations from Mikrokosmos Volume VI

An Analysis of Bartok’s Free Variations from Mikrokosmos Volume VI […]

Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach, Knee 1

The knees in Einstein on the Beach act as introductory material to the act it precedes and intermediaries between movements. The term “knee” is supposed to refer to the joint-like qualities it exhibits. All of the knees in this work are quite striking to me as they are frankly the most interesting sections of the […]