Musical Form and Analysis

Music 160A

Week

1 September 28-Oct. 3

Cadences: types, effects of melodic embellishment, cadential “weighting”

Phrases and periods

2 October 5-10

Phrases and periods

Key determination: “What key am I in?”

3 October 12-17

Binary forms: simple

4 October 19-24

Binary forms: rounded

5 October 26-31

Ternary forms: simple

Ternary forms: compound

6 November 2-7

Sonata forms: C.P.E. Bach

Sonata forms: J.C. Bach

7 November 9-14 (Nov. 12 = Veteran’s Day)

Sonata forms: Mozart, Beethoven

Sonata forms: sonata rondo

8 November 16-21

Concerto: J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach

Concerto: Mozart

9 November 23-28 (Nov. 23 = Thanksgiving)

Concerto: Beethoven

Symphony: Sammartini, Stamitz

10 November 30-December 7

Symphony: Mozart, Beethoven

Symphony