The Art of the Phraseclick on any video to view

  • Introduction
  • Phrase Lengths and Roman Numerals (Part 1)
  • Clementi Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36 No. 3
        I. Spiritoso
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  • Phrase Lengths (Part 2)
  • The Piano “Opera”
  • Mozart Sonata in G Major, K. 283
        I. Allegro
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  • Phrase Lengths (Part 3)
  • Artur Schnabel
  • Beethoven Sonata in C# minor, Op. 27 No. 2 (“Moonlight”)
        I. Adagio sostenuto
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  • The Classic Phrase Pattern
  • Chopin Mazurka in F major, Op. 68 No.3
  • Beethoven Sonata in G Major, Op. 79
         II. Andante
  • Brahms Intermezzo in A Major, Op.118 #2
  • Granados Valse Poeticos No. 1
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  • Agogic Accent and Melodic Shaping (Part 1)
  • Schumann “Three Stars” in F Major, Op.68 No. 30
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  • Agogic Accent and Melodic Shaping (Part 2)
  • Chiaroscuro – lightness and shade
  • Schubert Allegretto in C minor
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  • Agogic Accent and Melodic Shaping (Part 3)
  • The Classic Phrase Structure
  • Beethoven Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13,
        II. Adagio cantabile
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  • Choreography and the Phrase
  • Scarlatti Sonata in E Major, K. 380
  • Chopin Concerto in E minor, Op. 11
        I. Allegro maestoso (second theme)
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  • Phrasing and Compositional Style (Part 1)
  • Gershwin Second Prelude
  • Bolcom Graceful Ghost Rag
  • Debussy Prelude The girl with the flaxen hair
  • Albeniz Evocation
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  • Phrasing and Compositional Style (Part 2)
  • Phrase Structure in Rachmaninoff
  • Rachmaninoff and the Smorzando Effect
  • Rachmaninoff Prelude in B minor, Op. 32 No. 10
  • Conclusion
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