Analyzing the first movement of Fanny Hensel’s Piano Trio in D minor, op 11

This video is my analysis of Fanny Hensel’s Op 11 Piano Trio, topics discussed include periods, deformed medial caesuras, and the narrative implications of sonata failure
The artwork of the thumbnail is a drawing by Bob Ziering
Portrait of Fanny Hensel painted in 1842 by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
Recording by Trio Vivente
• Trio in D Minor, Op. 1...
Sources:
Hensel [née Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy)], Fanny Cäcilie - By Angela Mace Christian - Grove Music Online
Unconventional: Sonata Form Manipulations in the Multi-Movement Works of Fanny Hensel - Doctoral Dissertation by Dr. Frances Shi Hui Lee
Elements of Sonata Theory - James Hepokoski and Warren Darcy
Chapters
0:00 Introduction and Biography
2:46 Exposition
10:02 Development
14:39 Recapitulation
22:43 Conclusions
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[@hhhenry2024]

Thank you! I love the analysis videos, really appreciate your work. Is it correct to understand that whenever the word "tragedy" is used in Sonata Theory, it is always pertaining to minor mode usage? Did Hepokoski and Darcy elaborate on how it is tragic? I do not own a copy, I've read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonata_theory

[@sonatahewrote]

Thanks for your question! Generally in Sonata Theory, a negative outcome is associated with the minor more, and positive with major. However that’s not a hard and fast rule. A sonata might be considered a tragedy if it cadences in the minor mode. But, as in the case of this sonata, it might also be tragic if it fails to reach a strong essential closure, which can happen in major mode works as well.