Piano Literature 2
Professor Korevaar

Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev

Reading: Burge: 57-60; 103-109

Listening:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943): Sonata No. 2, op. 36 (1913; rev. 1931); Etude-Tableau in E-flat minor, op. 39, no. 5; Etude Tableau in A minor, op. 39, no. 6 (1916-1917).

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953): Toccata (1912), Sonata No. 3 (1917), Sonata No. 7 (1939-1942)

Compare Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev's styles - note that they are almost contemporaries. What can you say about their respective approaches to piano writing based on what you've listened to?

Think about style terms like "Romanticism" and "Neo-classicism" and "Modernism" and think about how they might apply to each of these composers.