Lessons in Music Form: A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Harnack, Adolf Von

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ISBN 10 : 1451018118 ISBN 13 : 9781451018110

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the building blocks of musical form with clear, practical analysis

Understand how composers shape unity and variety through common designs like phrases, periods, and sonata forms. This manual provides a concrete, example‑driven path to see how rhythm, cadence, and formal plans govern musical architecture, from introductory ideas to complex developments.

The book emphasizes readable concepts over theory alone. It guides you to recognize form in real music, explain how figures become motives, and identify how development and repetition create structure. With step‑by‑step analyses and noted examples, you’ll learn to analyze both classic and contemporary pieces.

• Clear definitions of fundamental forms such as phrases, periods, and larger designs


• Practical methods for analyzing unity, variety, cadence, and extension within pieces


• Illustrated examples drawn from well‑known composers to show how forms work in practice


• Structured exercises and guided comparisons to build analytical skill

Ideal for students of music theory, aspiring composers, and any reader seeking a solid, hands‑on approach to understanding musical form.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Lessons in Music Form: A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition

The present manual treats of the structural designs of musical composition, not of the styles or species of music. Read our Afterword.

It undertakes the thorough explanation of each design or form, from the smallest to the largest; and such comparison as serves to demonstrate the principle of natural evolution, in the operation of which the entire system originates.

This explanation - be it well understood - is conducted solely with a view to the Analysis of musical works, and is not calculated to prepare the student for the application of form in practical composition. For the exhaustive exposition of the technical apparatus, the student must be referred to my Homophonic Forms."

The present aim is to enable the student to recognize and trace the mental process of the composer in executing his task; to define each factor pf the structural design, and its relation to every other factor and to the whole; to determine thus the synthetic meaning of the work, and thereby to increase not only his own appreciation, interest, and enjoyment of the very real beauties of good music, but also his power to interpret, intelligently and adequately, the works that engage his attention.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451018118
• ISBN 13: 9781451018110
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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