Aldwell-Schachter Chapter 8 Click the musical examples for playback We begin with an incredibly simple progression — just tonic and dominant. The technique called expansion can be used to make this progression more interesting.   Without actually changing …

Aria Assignments Select two arias to analyze, one from the first list and one from the second list. The first aria is a Baroque da capo aria. Choose from either of the following: Handel: "Cara Sposa" from Rinaldo Score Recording Handel: "Wher'er you Walk" …

Second Rondo: Assignments Pick any two of these rondo movements, and provide an outline-style analysis of the movement, as we've done in class. Name Score Recording Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 2, IV Score Recording Haydn: Piano Trio No. 24 in G …

First Rondo: Assignments Select one of the following pieces and provide a full, outline-style analysis of the work. A recording is also available. Name Score Recording Beethoven: Violin Sonata Op. 12, No. 2 Score (PDF) Recording Brahms: Piano Quartet, Op. …

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 …

Sonata Form Expositions: Assignments Analyze the expositions of two expositions from the list below, using the LaRue symbols and graphed layout we covered in class. Remember that Primary (P) and Secondary (S) themes are likely to be periodic, or song …

Two-Part Song Form Assignments Analyze each of the following compositions. Be sure to indicate: Part I: phrases, periods (if any), phrase groups, extensions, pre- inter- post-ludes, etc. Part II: do the same as for Part I. Also indicate any repetitions of …

Period Expansions: Assignments Analyze the phrase structures of the following works (be sure to use letters to indicate phrases), with a goal of determining the following : Is this a period with expansion? If there are expansions, what are their nature? …

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 …