txtCommentary1={\uldb Sonata form}{\v 96905} has traditionally traumatized countless thousands of students in introductory music courses. \'93If you can\'92t hear the second {\uldb theme}{\v 99088}, then you have no right to a university degree\'94 is a message many have inferred after an anxiety-provoking exposure to Western music. But in Mozart\'92s hands, sonata form functions as both a powerful and a clear means of organization. The
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txtCommentary2=\par\par crux of sonata form is its narrative character, encompassing stability, conflict, and resolution. In purely formal terms, sonata form grew out of the {\uldb binary-form}{\v 153069} dance {\uldb movements}{\v 151907} of the {\uldb Baroque}{\v 139635}, and with its two unequal, repeating halves, sonata form maintained an umbilical cord to its ancestry.{\fs24\uldb \'80}{\v next}
