Music 160A: Table of Contents
Syllabus, fall 2010
(PDF File)
Reading list
(Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
Link to Audio for Music Examples
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Some Course Documents
Kirnberger on phrase
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MS Word file
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PDF file
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Koch on the period
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MS Word file
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PDF file
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Mattheson on musical rhetoric
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MS Word file
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PDF file
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Riepel on the menuet
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MS Word file
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PDF file
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Sulzer on phrase
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MS Word file
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Some Web Resources
Classical Musical Pages: Musical Forms
Index to Forms
Britannica on Musical Form
Follow these links to read about:
Formal Units
(motive, phrase, period)
Formal Parameters and Functions
Cadences
Key Determination
Periodicity
(notes from Leonard Ratner's
Classic Music
, chapter 3, on periodicity)
Class Notes 2007
Introduction: Phrases, Periods, Cadences
(10-1-07)
Formal Functions, Cadences
(10-3-07)
Formal Units
(10-5-07)
Key Determination
(10-8-07)
Key Determination, continued
(10-10-07)
Introduction to Binary Form
(10-12-07)
Binary form paper, binary form quiz
(10-15-07)
Binary form, continuation, illustrations
(10-17-07)
Binary form (further illustrations), rounded binary
(10-19-07)
Binary form: hallmarks, analytical issues to be addressed, quiz review
(10-22-07)
Binary form:
Beethoven, op. 28/iii (10-24-07)
Binary form
: Quiz review (10-26-2007)
Ternary form: Introduction
(10-29-2007)
Quiz 2
(re-take) (10-31-2007)
Ternary form, continued
(11-02-2007)
Ternary form, concluded
(11-05-2007)
Binary vs. Ternary form, Sonata form
(11-07-2007)
Sonata form:
Haydn Hob. 10/i (11-09-2007)
Sonata form expansion
: Haydn, Hob. 37/i (11-13-2007)
Sonata form, binary vs. ternary sonata design
: J.C. Bach op. 5/3/i, C.P.E. Bach, Wq. 55/4/i (11-15-2007)
Slow-movement form
: J.C. Bach, op. 5/2/ii, Mozart, K. 281/i, K. 332/ii (11-19-2007)
Concerto form
: J.C. Bach, 5/2/i and Mozart K. 107/i (11-21-2007)
Concerto, Ritornello and solo sections:
Bach, Oboe d'Amore concerto, Mozart, K. 207 (11-26-07)
Reverse recapitulation or binary sonata: Mozart, K. 311/i
(11-28-07)
Concerto: Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 3/i
(11-30-07)
Review: Harmonic vs. thematic structure; binary, ternary, sonata, slow-movement form
(12-03-07)
Early symphonic sonata form: Sammartini, Stamitz
(12-05-07)
Symphonic sonata form, continued
: Haydn, Symphony no. 3; Prokofiev, "Classical" Symphony (12-07-07)