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Musical Forms
Foundations Style: Part 2
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Multiple Movement Forms
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SUITE• Series of Small
Movements linked by a central idea
• Examples:
• “Water Music”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOoiuMYc5Wc&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDD
• “Nutcracker”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSGBGWO3r4&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348
• Music for the Royal Fireworks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQemxvhhDQ&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOoiuMYc5Wc&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzSGBGWO3r4&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQemxvhhDQ&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDD
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Sonata• Solo Keyboard or Soloists
(usually soloist with keyboard)
• 3 Movements: (fast slow fast)
• 1st Movement is usually in sonata form (confused yet?)
• Examples:
• Mozart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o1XctSIxPY&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00
• Beethoven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352qLWqKN-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o1XctSIxPY&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=352qLWqKN-U
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Concerto
• Soloist with Orchestra
• 3 Movements: Fast - Slow - Fast
• Examples:
• Vivaldi: “Four Seasons”- four
different concertos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBq4ov5Y_84&list=PL
2F813EDF2D14CBDD
• Bach Brandenburg concertos
feature small groups of soloists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOKnhX0Sk&list=PL2F813
EDF2D14CBDD&feature=mh_lolz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBq4ov5Y_84&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDDhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOKnhX0Sk&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDD&feature=mh_lolz
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Quartet
• 2 Violins 1 viola and 1
cello
• 4 Movements
• Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry170J
b8yI4&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00&ind
ex=5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry170Jb8yI4&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00&index=5
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Symphony• Whole Orchestra
• 4 Movements
• Examples:
• Haydn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjwkamp3lI&list=PL
818EE2D57EF49D00
• Beethoven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00
• Berlioz (program music):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roX70PAu3oA
&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjwkamp3lI&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roX70PAu3oA&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348
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Vocal Music
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Art Song
• Strophic
• Through Composed
• Schubert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP
5RP6OEJI&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F234
8&feature=mh_lolz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348&feature=mh_lolz
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Opera (and Oratorio too)
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Aria
• Soloist with dramatic accompaniment, repetition
• Examples:
• Handel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MSf1GInpaU&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDD&index=4
• Mozart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ODfuMMyss&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00&index=1
• Verdi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348&index=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MSf1GInpaU&list=PL2F813EDF2D14CBDD&index=4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ODfuMMyss&list=PL818EE2D57EF49D00&index=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348&index=3
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Recitative
• Imitates Speech inflections and Rhythms
• Accompanied by chords
• Handel: (with aria afterward)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYU6enGvBPQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYU6enGvBPQ
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Chorus• Group Piece
• Example: Handel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348&feature=mh_lolz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI&list=PLEF8FA5632E4F2348&feature=mh_lolz
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Overture
• Instrumental only
• Played before the curtain opens
• “Marriage of Figaro”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKU94kxv-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oKU94kxv-o
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Oh Yeah, Cantata
• Pretty much the same thing as oratorio
• Bach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OgZCCoXWc
• The Best known modern cantata is Carl
Orff’s Carmina Burana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSBsw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6OgZCCoXWchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3VsesSBsw
