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Musical Form

Musical Form. Please take handout. I. Musical Form (5 Variations on a Theme). A. Form as balance of unity/variety. B. Form as musical architecture. C. Form as hearing aural identity/difference. D. Form as a continuum. Variation. Repetition Total Contrast. E. Form as web of relations:

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Musical Form

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  1. Musical Form Please take handout

  2. I. Musical Form (5 Variations on a Theme) A. Form as balance of unity/variety B. Form as musical architecture C. Form as hearing aural identity/difference D. Form as a continuum Variation RepetitionTotal Contrast E. Form as web of relations: (How is what I’m now hearing related to what I’ve heard?)

  3. II. Conventions and Common Forms A. Conventions for writing musical forms B. Binary (2-part) Form C. Ternary (3- part) Form D. Variation Forms (Theme and Variations) E. Rondo Form

  4. Brahms Piano Quartet in g minor,finale (Rondo alla Zingarese ) A. Piano quartet = Piano, violin, viola, ‘cello B. Finale = last movement of a piece C. Begins in g minor (g= tonic; minor mode) D. Rondo (expect form) E. alla Zingarese (in gypsy style) F. All in duple meter

  5. “Form-within-Form” of Opening (A) a a” a’ b’ b a ___∧__ ___ ___∧__ . . (b=ornamented descending scale) + transition = ^7-^8 scale cadence b b’ a a”’

  6. Brahms Quartet #1 in g minor Op. 25, finale C D B C B A A aabb’aa’’| tran +bb’| aa aabbaa aaba’ba’ D Strings only C strings A + Coda Transition section of A tran+bb C+B Combined Strings+piano B piano Cadenza (piano)

  7. Exam #1 Format: • 10-12 Multiple Choice Listening Questions • many based on Schumann, I bear no grudge • (“Ich grolle nicht”) 2. 2-3 Objective sections concentrating mainly on vocabulary from reading, lectures, listening assignments

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