Periods: Assignments Assignments for Periods I. Identification of Period Types Create a table( typed , not handwritten) for each of the following selections, using this model: Selection Cad1 Cad2 Period Type Notes Example: xxxx HC PAC Parallel Consequent …

Phrase Extensions: Recordings for Assignments   Click on the following to hear a recording of the pieces in the assignment. (You may view the assignment sheet by clicking here .) Mozart: Sonata in F Major K. 280: II Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major K. 333: …

Phrases: Assignments Assignment for Phrases From Schumann: Album for the Young: 1. Melodie Score (PDF) Recording 2. Soldatenmarsch Score (PDF) Recording 3. Stückchen Score (PDF) Recording 4. Armes Waisenkind Score (PDF) Recording 5. Wilder Reiter Score …

Ostinato and Variation Variations 1. Ostinato: aka Ground Bass, aka Passacaglia, aka Chaconne.  Early History The idea of the ostinato dates all the way back to the beginnings of instrumental music, and in particular dance music. Probably dance music was …

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Mozart Sonata K545 Superimposed Click anywhere in the score to hear it performed as notated. …

Mozart Sonata K545 Click anywhere in the score to hear a recording. …

Sonata Form: The Recapitulation I. Recapitulation in elementary texts II. Recapitulation "Shortcuts" III. The "hinge" from development to recapitulation IV. Vague beginnings to a recapitulation V. Secondary development I.        Recapitulation in …

Sonata Form: The Development I. Uses of development II. Thematic transformation III. The development in general: coverage of a single development IV. The opening of a development V. The cadence on vi VI. Recapitulatory (Expository) developments VII. …

Sonata Form: The Exposition Outline of the Lecture with Links I. The Character of the Main Theme II. Transition: Techniques of Modulation III. The Character of the Secondary Theme IV. The Character of the Closing Theme I. The Character of the Main …

Sonata Form: Introduction I. The Czerny-Marx Template The description of sonata form developed by Carl Czerny and A.B. Marx in the 19th century is commonly encountered. The "Czerny-Marx" form can be diagrammed as follows: The Czerny-Marx 'template' …

Second Rondo Simple ABCA: Mozart Sonata in B-flat Major K. 570, III 1 – 22 A: Three-part song form 1 – 8 Part I: parallel period by identity 4+4 9 – 14 Part II: irregular phrase 2+[1+3] (extension at end) 15 – 22 Part III: = 1 – 8 23 – 42 B: Three-part …

First Rondo I.        Names         3-Part Adagio         Full sectional ternary         Simple ternary         Compound ternary         Slow Movement Large Ternary         First Rondo (Schoenberg & Goetschius)   II.      Usually found in slow movements; …

Compound Song Form I.        Enlarged Three-Part Form A.      Mendelssohn Song Without Words #23   A  > B  A  B  A 1.      1 - 6   Introduction 2.      7 – 15    A   (Parallel period) 3.      16 – 19   Interlude 4.      20 – 27 B; ends on VII 5.      28 – …

Expanded Two-Part Song Form Baroque Binary Dances   Clavier Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 IV: Sarabande   A            1 – 8 Parallel Period (by contour similarity)   1 – 4     Antecedent: Ends on V 5 – 8     Consequent: Modulates to Relative Major …

Three-Part Song Form I.Incipient three-part song form (incipient ternary; rounded binary) A.Smallest three-part song form B.Part I: two phrases, usually as some kind of period C.Part II: single four-measure phrase D.Part III: return, either exact or with …

Two-Part Song Form I.Simple two-part song form A.Part I 1.From phrase to double period in length 2.Cadence: AC in I, V, or related; HC B.Part II 1.From phrase to double period in length 2.If the two parts aren’t identical in length, part II is usually the …

Period Expansions I.Extensions of Phrases Within a Period: Hear Scott Foglesong's lecture on this section . A.Extension at beginning of phrases 1.Typically such an extension will be of an introductory nature. However, one must be careful to distinguish …

Periods Click here for Scott Foglesong's audio lecture on basic period structures. Definition: two phrases, called antecedent and consequent Play antecedent only Play consequent only Play entire phrase (or click on the example) Antecedent: interrogative …

Irregular Phrases: Extensions at the End of the Phrase Extensions at the End of the Phrase it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between extensions at the end and those within a phrase. It will prove helpful to remember that in most instances the …