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Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute, Wq. 132

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47: 363:. In measures 50 and 71, the main theme appears again, the second time in the tonic key (A minor), thus creating the unity needed in the rounded-binary form. In measure 81, there is another one cadence that is similar to the one of the measure 30, increasing the musical tension, while the last cadence, in measure 93, is the biggest of the others (but still brief), needing one flutist's breath. As so, having a dominant position, it delays the dissolution further. 216:, which plenty of them exist in his work, in a combination of all the styles of this period (French, German and Italian). Also, in this particular sonata, Bach used the silence technique, leaving twice an entire measure without notes (Movement 1, measure 91, and movement 3, measure 93), so, as there is no accompanying instruments, in these two measures, there is complete silence. This sonata is an early prototype of this change. 807: 394:, suggesting dancing, the reality is that the entering movement is in fact a dancing movement. Nearly in the measure 40, the harmony moves to C major. Two more occasions that the music sounds like it is many voices, while it is only one, is at measures 57–61 and 104–108. In measure 76, a cadence starts, but on the same measure and until measure 84, there is a part with notes under 817: 843: 178:
Some scholars claim that this sonata was intended for the king. Indeed, it was printed during the king's lifetime. But at the time, compositions written for the Prussian king were not permitted to be published and made public. It may have been published without the king's knowledge. This may explain
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to unify his work, as his father did. Examples are the "scalar arch" motif in the first measures, repeated in fragments in the whole sonata, and the descending half-step motif, which appears at the beginning of every movement.
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The opening theme of the movement, which contains a part of the opening movement of the first movement, reminds the listener of a rocket rising, again using motivic development (particularly
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The time this sonata was written, was a time that Bach, because of his position as an harpsichordist of the King, was surrounded by many well-established musicians, like
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appear, changing the scheme. This leads, in measures 85–93, to a half-cadence filled with sixteenth-notes. The movement closes with a variation of the main theme.
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In measures 25–30 and 80–85, Bach made the melody sound like three different voices, an impressive achievement of the composer. In the measure 30, he added a
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The second movement is seen by some as developing several mid-century elements about Allegro movements. With a seasoning of wide leaps and swift
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in the Allegro movements, broken chords, thirds and frequent rests, all of them a mix of Baroque and Galant style.
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The movement starts with a scalar theme, which itself expresses sadness. Inside it, there are some "half-step"
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Today, for various practical reasons, there are also editions that add an accompaniment, for example a piano.
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Music for a Mixed Taste: Style, Genre, and Meaning in Telemann's Instrumental Works
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than elsewhere in the work. However, it also deploys the most technical features.
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The biggest difference with his father's only work for unaccompanied flute, the
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the publication date of 1763, nearly two decades after the sonata was written.
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The melodic line seems more angular than soft, as it is clear from the use of
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movement. In measures 95–101, there is a longer scalic motif full of
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The final movement is faster and more difficult than the other two.
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Bach wrote this sonata in Berlin around 1747, when he was a chamber
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Flute Sonata in A minor, H.562 (Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel)
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The movement has the slowest harmonic line and less
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Index

Sonata in A minor for Solo Flute
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

A minor
Wq
A minor
Wq
sonata
flute
Basso Continuo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Fantasias for Solo Flute
A minor partita
harpsichordist
Frederick the Great
flauto traverso
Johann Joachim Quantz
Baroque
galant style
ornaments

Partita in A minor
suite
movements
German culture
tempo
motivic development
sixteenth notes
rounded-binary form
Meter

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