There will be music posted here this year for you to listen to that will help you prepare for our rehearsals and concerts.
2015-16 In-class Directed Listening...
2014-15 In-class Directed Listening...FORM of Music
Understanding the FORM of a piece of music - this deals with understanding the layout of a piece of music. How a piece starts, changes, and ends. Are there large patterns in the music? Does the song start and end with the same musical themes/melodies.
Music forms we are exploring include:
So far, we've listened to (and you can click on the title to listen/watch it again):
ii. sort of Ternary form (ABA)
iii. sort of Ternary (ABA)
iv. loosly Rondo form A B [AC] A B A
The opposite of programmatic music is called absolute music. For example, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is absolute music vs. his 9th Symphony, "Pastorale" which is programmatic - telling a story about nature.
Remember - a Concerto is a work for solo instrument and accompaniment. At some point in either the first or last movement (usually in Sonata Allegro Form) there is a Cadenza - a completely solo section for the soloist to "show off" in.
Music forms we are exploring include:
- Strophic (A A A A A A)
- Binary (A || B)
- Rounded Binary (A || BA)
- Ternary (ABA)
- Sonata Allegro (A-B-A) ...a much larger form of Ternary
- Rondo (A B A C A B A)
- Theme and Variations (A A' A'' A''' A'''' A''''')
So far, we've listened to (and you can click on the title to listen/watch it again):
- The first movement of "Beethoven's 5th Symphony" - Sonata Allegro form (to 7:47)
- Variations on Happy Birthday - solo violin
- "Ah, vous dirai-je maman" - by Mozart - Theme and Variations form
- The third movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata, the "Rondo Alla Turca" - Rondo Form
- The third movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto (K622) - Rondo Form (starting at 19:21)
- Carnival of Venice - for Flute and Orchestra - Theme and Variations
- Carnival of Venice - for Violin and Orchestra - Theme and Variations
- Concerto in E minor by Mendelssohn - First Movement (to 7:55) - Sonata Allegro Form
- Viola Concert in D by Hoffmeister - First Movement - Sonata Allegro Form
- Concerto for Alto Saxophone by Glazunov - Sonata Allegro Form
- Hungarian Rhapsody for Cello by David Popper - (Alex Hunn)
- Gabriel's Oboe by Ernesto Morricone - Ternary Form
- Trumpet Concerto in Eb - by Haydn - First Movement - Sonata Allegro Form
- Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov - A Symphonic Suite that is considered "Programmatic" or tells a story.
ii. sort of Ternary form (ABA)
iii. sort of Ternary (ABA)
iv. loosly Rondo form A B [AC] A B A
The opposite of programmatic music is called absolute music. For example, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 is absolute music vs. his 9th Symphony, "Pastorale" which is programmatic - telling a story about nature.
Remember - a Concerto is a work for solo instrument and accompaniment. At some point in either the first or last movement (usually in Sonata Allegro Form) there is a Cadenza - a completely solo section for the soloist to "show off" in.