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- Title
THE TRIMODULAR BLOCK AND L'ART DE BIEN CHANTER IN HÉLÈNE DE MONTGEROULT'S PIANO SONATAS, OP. 5.
- Authors
NG, SAMUEL
- Abstract
This essay examines how the "trimodular block" (TMB) in the first movements of Hélène de Montgeroult's Piano Sonatas, op. 5 spotlights bel canto singing in her piano writing and pedagogy. While the TMB in op. 5 is readily identifiable, its narrative profile is not so much correcting a transgressive element as a discursive journey that anticipates the first true lyrical theme showcasing Italian bel canto singing on the piano. I discuss how this discursive path unfolds through three elements: orchestration/topics, phrase rhythm, and tonal structure. These three areas work in tandem to fulfill generic requirements of TM1 (the first proposed S-theme) while withholding critical features of Montgeroult's bel canto writing until the lyrical S-theme at TM3. Montgeroult's TMB thus gives unique rhetorical prominence to the S-theme, rendering its lyricism and cantabile character the focal point of the sonata exposition.
- Subjects
PIANO sonatas; SINGING; SONATA; EXHIBITIONS; PIANO; RHYTHM
- Publication
Integral, 2023, Vol 36, p221
- ISSN
1073-6913
- Publication type
Article