Yale Music Theory Course Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven
Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven Transcript and Lesson Notes
Listening to Music (MUSI 112) A brief foray into the formal characteristics of contemporary popular music is used to launch this lecture on musical form. After a discussion of the "verse-chorus" form often used in popula
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Listening to Music (MUSI 112) A brief foray into the formal characteristics of contemporary popular music is used to launch this lecture on musical form. After a discussion of the "verse-chorus" form often used in popula
Key Takeaways
- Review the core idea: Listening to Music (MUSI 112) A brief foray into the formal characteristics of contemporary popular music is used to launch this lecture on musical form. After a discussion of the "verse-chorus" form often used in popula
- Understand how form fits into Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven.
- Understand how verse-chorus fits into Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven.
- Understand how popular music fits into Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven.
- Understand how structure fits into Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven.
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Full Transcript
Listening to Music (MUSI 112) A brief foray into the formal characteristics of contemporary popular music is used to launch this lecture on musical form. After a discussion of the "verse-chorus" form often used in popular music, Professor Wright proceeds to take students into the realm of classical music, focusing particularly on ternary form and sonata-allegro form. Throughout his detailed explanation of sonata-allegro form, he also elaborates upon some harmonic concepts describing, for example, the relationship between relative major and minor keys. This lecture draws its musical examples from 'N Sync, Mozart, and Beethoven. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Verse-Chorus Form in Popular Music 05:56 - Chapter 2. Introduction to Form in Classical Music 12:18 - Chapter 3. Ternary Form 18:00 - Chapter 4. The Sonata-Allegro Form in Mozart's "A Little Night Music" 36:19 - Chapter 5. The Sonata-Allegro Form in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2008.
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What is Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven about?
Listening to Music (MUSI 112) A brief foray into the formal characteristics of contemporary popular music is used to launch this lecture on musical form. After a discussion of the "verse-chorus" form often used in popula
What key concepts are covered in this lesson?
The lesson covers form, verse-chorus, popular music, structure, ternary.
What should I learn before Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven?
Review the previous lessons in Yale Music Theory Course, then use the transcript and key concepts on this page to fill any gaps.
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Practice by applying the main concepts: form, verse-chorus, popular music, structure.
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