• concise guide to musical structures of the tonal era
• text illustrated with many music examples
• invaluable introduction for music students, performers and armchair music lovers
• invaluable also to higher grade practical exam candidates, as it provides key background information on the final aural test, and to higher grade Practical Musicianship candidates
• reissue in paperback (replaces hardback edition, ISBN 0 90010 800 2)
Contents and Reviews
Contents
SHEET MUSIC
- Chapter 1 - Introduction [William Cole]
- Chapter 2 - Phrase and cadence [William Cole]
- Chapter 3 - Simple Binary and ternary Forms [William Cole]
- Chapter 4 - Ternary Form and its Simple Extensions - Rondo Form [William Cole]
- Chpater 5 - Sonata Form [William Cole]
- Chapter 6 - Varied Types of Sonata Form [William Cole]
- Chpater 7 - The Complete Sonata [William Cole]
- Chapter 8 - The Concerto [William Cole]
- Chapter 9 - The Overture [William Cole]
- Chapter 10 - The Suite [William Cole]
- Chapter 11 - The Early Sonata [William Cole]
- Chapter 12 - The Early Contrapuntal Forms [William Cole]
- Chapter 13 - Fugue [William Cole]
- Chapter 14 - Air with Variations [William Cole]
- Chapter 15 - Later Trends [William Cole]
- Index of references to the historical Anthology of Music [William Cole]
- Index of composers and compositions [William Cole]
- Index of music examples [William Cole]
- Glossary Index [William Cole]