Unit 1 - Variations/Rondo

Readings:

1. W. Berry, Form in Music
   • Chapter 5, The Rondo
   • Chapter 9, Ostinato Forms
   • Chapter 10, Variations
2. Benjamin, Counterpoint in the Style of J.S. Bach
   • Chapter 13, Variation Forms

1. Analytical Terminology
2. Continuous Variation
3. Sectional Variation
4. Rondo

(MS = Music Sources, C = Clendinning/Marvin)

• Bach
  • "Crucifixus" from Mass in B Minor
  • "Chaconne" from Partita #2 in D Minor for Violin (C 14)
  • Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (C 45)
• Beethoven
  • Romance, Op. 40
  • Six Variations, Op. 76 (MS 495)
  • String Quartet, Op. 18/4, IV (MS 539)
  • Violin Concerto, Op. 61, III
  • Seven Variations on "God Save the King" (C131)
  • Piano Sonata Op. 13, II and III(C 103 and 107)
• Brahms
  • Two Rhapsodies for Pianoforte Op. 79/1 (MS 560)
  • Variations on a Hungarian Song Op. 21/2 (MS 501)
• Handel
  • "Chorus of the Israelites" from Susanna (MS 474)
  • Chaconne in G Major (C 205)
• Haydn
  • Piano Sonata, Hob. XVI:37, III (MS 518)
  • Symphony No. 101, IV (B166)
• Mozart
  • Piano Sonata, K. 284, III (C 305)
  • Piano Sonata, K. 333, III
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 380, III (MS 521)
  • Piano sonata K.311, III (MS 529)
  • Piano Sonata K. 545, III (C 327)
  • Sonata for Violin and Piano K. 305, II (MS 489)
  • Variations on "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" (C 350)
• Purcell
  • "Ah, Belinda" from Dido and Aeneas (MS 471)
  • "Dido's Lament" from Dido and Aeneas (C 370)
  • "Music for a While" (C 374)

Unit Exam: Wednesday, Oct. 2