Abstract Over the last decade, Janet Schmalfeldt’s concept of “becoming” has provided groundwork to evaluate how ambiguous formal moments gradually come into focus through the practice of retrospective reinterpretation. I supplement Schmalfeldt’s Hegelian perspective with concepts drawn from Goethe’s botanical studies to propose a type of becoming that is not limited to retrospective reinterpretation but instead embraces gradual thematic transformations that can function either progressively or retrogressively. Using Fanny Hensel’s piano sonatas as case studies, I explain how the two categories of progressive and retrogressive metamorphosis are fitting metaphors to describe gradual thematic transformations within Romantic-era composers’ works that resist formal prototypes.

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成为和超越：将歌德的渐进式和倒退式变形应用于范妮·亨塞尔的钢琴奏鸣曲

摘要 在过去的十年中，珍妮特施马尔费尔特的“成为”概念为评估模棱两可的正式时刻如何通过回顾性重新解释的实践逐渐成为焦点提供了基础。我用歌德植物学研究中的概念补充施马尔费尔特的黑格尔观点，提出一种不限于回顾性重新解释而是包含渐进式主题转换的生成类型，这种转换可以渐进式或倒退式起作用。以范妮·亨塞尔的钢琴奏鸣曲作为案例研究，我解释了渐进式变形和倒退式变形这两类如何适合比喻来描述浪漫主义时代作曲家作品中抵制形式原型的渐进主题转变。