Unit 1 - Variations/Rondo
Readings:
- Clendinning/Marvin
- Chapter 25, Variation
- Chapter 33, Rondo
- W. Berry, Form in Music
- Chapter 5, The Rondo
- Chapter 9, Ostinato Forms
- Chapter 10, Variations
- Benjamin, Counterpoint in the Style of J.S. Bach
- Chapter 13, Variation Forms
Topics:
Music:
(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)
- Holst
- Second Suite for Military Band in F Major, IV (C 255)
- 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)
Assignments:To be announced in class
Unit Exam:Wednesday, Oct. 2