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==Objectives== | ==Objectives== | ||
*Students will be | *Students will be familiar with common large forms such as sonata allegro, da capo aria, and march form. | ||
*Students will be familiar with | *Students will be familiar with macroformal structures such as song cycles, operas, oratorios, musicals, and concept albums. | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
====Readings:==== | |||
*[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780199990870/online/ Snodgrass, ''Contemporary Musicianship:''] | |||
**[https://global.oup.com/us/companion.websites/fdscontent/uscompanion/us/static/companion.websites/9780199990870/online_ch4.pdf Chapter 4: “Classical Forms”] | |||
*[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/MusicTheory.html Hutchinson, ''Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom:''] | |||
**[http://musictheory.pugetsound.edu/mt21c/SonataAndRondoForms.html Chapter 25: Sonata and Rondo Forms] | |||
*[http://openmusictheory.com/ Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), ''Open Music Theory:''] | |||
**Sonata Form: [http://openmusictheory.com/SonataTheory-intro.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/SonataTheory-exposition.html 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataStructuralPointsOfArrival.html 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataThematicModules.html 4], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataRecap.html 5], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataDevelopment.html 6], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataFramingModules.html 7] | |||
**Rondo Form: [http://openmusictheory.com/rondo.html 1], [http://openmusictheory.com/thematicFunctionInRondo.html 2], [http://openmusictheory.com/fivePartRondo.html 3], [http://openmusictheory.com/sonataRondo.html 4] | |||
**[http://openmusictheory.com/minuet.html Minuet Form] | |||
*[https://www.musicals101.com/book.htm Kenrick, ''Elements of a Musical:'' "The Book (Libretto)"] | |||
*[http://www.smt-v.org/archives/volume6.html#detour-or-bridge-contrasting-sections-and-storytelling-in-musical-theater Jarvis and Peterson, "Detour or Bridge? Contrasting Sections and Storytelling in Musical Theater"] | |||
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==Class Activities== | ==Class Activities== | ||
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*Creation of a formal blueprint for a piece to meet given criteria | *Creation of a formal blueprint for a piece to meet given criteria | ||
==== Files ==== | ====Files==== | ||
* | *Formal Analysis: Piano Sonata in C minor, K. 457 by W. A. Mozart ([https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EejVPNPhjVeF9AI8PCEj2ZZQM5t7yNtj/view?usp=sharing Finale] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1foUdtm5FrRI2EfdNwiiRiT_k7EjrNI39/view?usp=sharing MusicXML] | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rV17dGqdB_dOTYsjQIofYHsDWXiYUL3K/view?usp=sharing PDF]) | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 21 December 2024
| This lesson is part of the Rhythm, Meter & Form category. |
Objectives
- Students will be familiar with common large forms such as sonata allegro, da capo aria, and march form.
- Students will be familiar with macroformal structures such as song cycles, operas, oratorios, musicals, and concept albums.
Resources
Readings:
- Hutchinson, Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom:
- Shaffer, Wharton (eds.), Open Music Theory:
- Kenrick, Elements of a Musical: "The Book (Libretto)"
- Jarvis and Peterson, "Detour or Bridge? Contrasting Sections and Storytelling in Musical Theater"
Class Activities
- Discussion and definition of the concept of formal analysis, and of common large-scale forms
- Formal analysis of music in different genres and time periods
- Creation of a compositional formal blueprint based around two or three given melodies or motives
Assignments
- Comprehension questions
- Formal analysis of written and recorded music
- Creation of a formal blueprint for a piece to meet given criteria