How Sonata Forms: A Bottom-Up Approach to Musical Form

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The aim is to explore how sonata form has evolved through a diachronic lens, emphasizing individual musical features and their historical development.
Analyzed a corpus of 732 binary instrumental works dated 1650–1769.
Utilized statistical models to determine the probabilities of musical features occurring across time.
Examined the interplay between synchronic and diachronic perspectives on sonata form.
Identified that certain features of sonata form, like the double return and end rhyme, grew more common over time.
Found minimal correlation between key elements, indicating a complex independent evolution of features.
Proposed that early instances of sonata form were less about intent and more about the random emergence of musical features.

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This analysis unpacks sonata form evolution in musical theory, suggesting a novel methodology for understanding musical styles.

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Paul Sherrill (2025) studied this question.

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