Yale Music Theory Course - Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven

Unravel the Threads of Music: From Mozart to Jazz, Explore Harmony, Rhythm & Classical Masterpieces with Yale's Engaging Journey into the Heart of Sound.

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What you'll learn

Understand fundamental music elements like rhythm, melody, and harmony
Identify and differentiate musical genres and instruments
Analyze musical forms such as sonata-allegro and theme and variations
Explore the evolution of Western music through key composers and styles

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form verse-chorus popular music structure ternary sonata-allegro exposition development recapitulation coda relative major relative minor

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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 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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