The Analysis of Musical Form

by Mathes, James R.

• ISBN13: 9780130618634
• ISBN10: 0130618632
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2006-10-02
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The Analysis of Musical Form emphasizes aural comprehension, incorporates recent analytic methodologies, and addresses musical form as both process and design. analysis of tonal design, thematic types and phrase structure, formal functions, musical texture, cadences and tonality, innovative approaches to formal processes in 20th century music; concepts of form as design and form as process MARKET: For readers interested in musical form and basic analytic techniques.

Author Biography

JAMES MATHES is Associate Professor of Music Theory and Coordinator of Theory and Composition a Florida State University. He received the B.S. in Music Education from the University of Maryland and an M.M. and Ph.D. in Music Theory from the Florida State University College of Music. He has published articles and presented papers based on his research and interests in music theory pedagogy, the analysis of recent music, and the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of music.

Table of Contents

Audio CD Track List	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiv
PART I Formal Design and Structure: Analytic Concepts and Tools
The Nature of Musical Form	3	(9)
Introduction	3	(1)
Categories of Musical Form	4	(4)
Form, Style, and Genre	8	(1)
The Perception of Musical Form	9	(2)
Suggested Reading	11	(1)
Aural Exercises	11	(1)
Tonal Design	12	(24)
Phrase, Cadence, and Key	12	(1)
Cadences and Segmentation	13	(9)
Tonal Design and Key Relations	22	(4)
The Analysis of Tonal Design	26	(4)
Summary	30	(1)
Suggested Reading	30	(1)
Exercises	30	(6)
Thematic Design and Phrase Structure	36	(23)
Introduction	36	(1)
Thematic Design	36	(2)
Motives and Themes	38	(2)
Thematic Models of Phrase Structure	40	(14)
Summary	54	(2)
Conclusions	56	(1)
Suggested Reading	56	(1)
Review and Exercises	56	(3)
Phrase Rhythm and Phrase Structure	59	(20)
Introduction	59	(1)
Phrase Separation and Connection	59	(7)
Phrase Extensions	66	(5)
Phrase Contractions	71	(2)
Summary	73	(1)
Suggested Reading	74	(1)
Review and Exercises	74	(5)
Formal Functions and Musical Texture	79	(20)
Introduction	79	(1)
Part 1: Formal Functions	79	(1)
Expository Function	79	(1)
Transitional Function	80	(1)
Developmental Function	81	(1)
Introductory Function	81	(4)
Closing Function	85	(1)
Parenthetical Function	85	(4)
Part 2: Musical Texture and Form	89	(1)
Types of Musical Texture	89	(3)
Vocal and Instrumental Textures	92	(1)
Textural Processes	92	(2)
Summary	94	(1)
Suggested Reading	95	(1)
Review and Exercises	95	(4)
PART II Forms of Music
One-Part and Binary Forms	99	(25)
Introduction	99	(1)
One-Part Forms	99	(3)
Binary Forms	102	(13)
Suggested Reading	115	(1)
Review and Exercises	115	(9)
Ternary Forms	124	(19)
Introduction	124	(1)
Simple Ternary Form	124	(7)
Compound Ternary Forms	131	(4)
Large Ternary Form	135	(3)
Summary	138	(1)
Review and Exercises	139	(4)
Sonata Form	143	(53)
Introduction	143	(1)
Large-scale Design of Sonata Form	144	(1)
Exposition	144	(18)
Development	162	(13)
Recapitulation	175	(6)
Coda	181	(1)
Exercises	182	(1)
Nineteenth-Century Sonata Form	183	(5)
Exercises	188	(1)
Sonata Form in the Twentieth Century	188	(1)
Exercises	189	(2)
Conclusion and Summary	191	(2)
Review and Exercises	193	(3)
Modification of Sonata Form and Cyclic Forms	196	(21)
Introduction	196	(1)
Slow Introduction	196	(4)
Sonata Form Without Development	200	(1)
Sonata Form in Concerto Movements	201	(11)
Cyclic Form	212	(1)
Suggested Reading	212	(3)
Exercises	215	(2)
Rondo Forms	217	(29)
Introduction	217	(1)
Outline of Rondo Form	217	(1)
Baroque Rondeau	218	(3)
Five-and Seven-Part Rondo	221	(1)
Exercises	221	(10)
Sonata-Rondo Form	231	(11)
Conclusion	242	(1)
Review and Exercises	242	(4)
Ostinato and Variation Forms	246	(28)
Introduction	246	(1)
Ostinato Variations	247	(3)
Ostinato as a Constructive Device	250
Exercises
Theme and Variations	258	(8)
Organization of Variations	266	(2)
Conclusion	268	(1)
Review and Exercises	268	(6)
Contrapuntal Genres	274	(29)
Introduction	274	(1)
Imitation	274	(1)
Canon	275	(4)
Inventions	279	(4)
Fugue	283	(14)
Chorale Preludes	297	(4)
Exercises	301	(2)
Vocal Forms	303	(27)
Introduction	303	(1)
Hymns and Traditional Songs	303	(4)
Popular Song	307	(4)
Art Songs	311	(9)
Da Capo Aria, Ritornello, and Rondo Forms	320	(6)
Choral Music	326	(2)
Suggested Reading	328	(1)
Exercises	329	(1)
Formal Innovations in Twentieth-Century Music	330	(36)
Introduction	330	(1)
New Pitch Materials, Phrase Structures, and Textures	331	(1)
New Pitch Materials and Form: Debussy	331	(5)
New Pitch Materials and Traditional Forms: Bartok	336	(2)
Ostinati, Layers, and Irregular Phrase Structures: Stravinsky	338	(4)
Atonal and Serial Forms: Webern	342	(6)
Indeterminacy and Open Forms	348	(6)
Clusters and Textural Form	354	(4)
Form as Process: Minimalism	358	(2)
Conclusion	360	(1)
Suggested Reading	361	(1)
Exercises	361	(5)
Glossary of Terms	366	(9)
Bibliography	375	(3)
Index of Works Cited and Subjects	378