Sonata Undine Explained

Sonata Undine
Type:	Sonata
Composer:	Carl Reinecke
Opus:	167
Published:	1882

Sonata Undine in E minor is a flute and piano sonata written by Carl Reinecke that is based on the novel Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. It is his opus 167, first published in 1882.

This sonata is normally associated with the Romantic genre. It consists of four movements.

1. Allegro
2. Intermezzo. Allegretto vivace
3. Andante tranquillo
4. Finale. Allegro molto agitato ed appassionato, quasi Presto.

See also

• Ondine (mythology)
• Gaspard de la nuit

References

• Master. Joshua Blizzard. Expanded Tonality: The Treatment of Upper and Lower Leading Tones As Evidenced in Sonata "Undine”, IV by Carl Reinecke.

External links

• • Performance of Sonata Undine by Dora Seres (flute) and Emese Mali (piano) from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format