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Informationen zum Autor William Caplin is James McGill Professor of Music Theory at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, specializing in the theory of musical form and the history of harmonic and rhythmic theory in the modern era. A former president of the Society for Music Theory, he is currently a Killam Research Fellow writing a large-scale study on musical cadence. Klappentext Analyzing Classical Form offers an approach to the analysis of musical form that is especially suited for classroom use at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students will learn how to make complete harmonic and formal analyses of music drawn from the instrumental works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Zusammenfassung Analyzing Classical Form builds upon the foundations of the author's critically acclaimed Classical Form by offering an approach to the analysis of musical form that is especially suited for classroom use. Providing ample material for study in both undergraduate and graduate courses, Analyzing Classical Form presents the most up-to-date version of the author's "theory of formal functions." Students will learn how to make complete harmonic and formal analyses of music drawn from the instrumental works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Part 1 introduces the principal theme-types of classical instrumental music; part 2 provides a methodology for analyzing sonata form, the most important formal type in this style period; and part 3 considers other full-movement forms found in this repertory (such as minuet, rondo, and concerto). The chapters are organized in a way that presents the most basic materials upfront and then leads the student through more details and finer points of theory. Every topic is illustrated with annotated musical examples; as well, the book contains many unannotated examples that can be used for in-class discussion and for out-of-class analytical exercises. A complete glossary of terms and questions for reviewing the theory will help students assimilate the many theoretical concepts employed in the book. A companion website provides audio and musical scores for all of the examples in the book as well as additional examples for the analysis of the simple theme-types presented in part 1. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 A Review of Harmony The Basics Harmonic vocabulary Harmonic progressions Let's Practice More Details Tonic function Dominant function Pre-dominant function Prolongational progressions Cadential progressions Sequential progressions Finer Points Reviewing the Theory Examples for Analysis Part 1 Conventional Theme-Types Chapter 2 The Sentence The Basics Presentation phrase Continuation phrase Let's Practice More Details Basic idea Repetition of the basic idea Tonic prolongation Presentation phrase versus presentation function Continuation function Cadential function Continuation Finer Points "Real" versus "notated" measures Modulating sentence Reviewing the Theory Examples for Analysis Model Composition Chapter 3 The Period The Basics Antecedent phrase Consequent phrase Let's Practice More Details Basic idea Contrasting idea Weak cadential closure Return of the basic idea Strong cadential closure Boundary processes: lead-in, elision Finer Points Antecedent (and consequent) as "mini-sentence" Modulating period; cadential strength Reinterpreted half cadence Sentence versus period Reviewing the Theory Examples for Analysis Model Composition Chapter 4 Hybrid Themes The Basics Hybrid types Let's Practice More Details Hybrid type: antecedent + continuation Hybrid type: antecedent + cadential Compound basic idea Hybrid type: compound basic idea + continuation Hybrid type: compound basic idea + consequent Fi...
