The A-Z of Musical Forms
During this course we concentrate on some of the most important forms in music. In each class we discuss and listen to examples of a particular musical form, ranging from Gregorian chant to the madrigal, the motet, the sonata, the concerto, the symphony, binary & ternary forms, the cantata, the opera seria and the opera buffa.
A Selected Bibliography:
Form in Music by Stewart MacPherson
The Classical Style: Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart ~ by Charles Rosen
The Oxford Junior Companion to Music
The Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm and Harmony
A Selected Discography:
Cruel Amaryllis ~ Andrés Hernández-Salazar, tenor (please see Recordings page at top)
Mozart: Horn Concertos/Concert Arias
Music for a While ~ Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo
Coloratura Spectacular ~ Sumi Jo, Joan Sutherland & Marilyn Horne
Monteverdi: Il Combattimento ~ Les Arts Florissants
Janet Baker ~ Bach, Purcell, Ravel
Virgine bella ~ Andrés Hernández-Salazar, tenor (please see Recordings page at top)
Alfonso X El Sabio: Cantigas De Santa Maria ~ Hesperion XX
Mozart & Haydn: Songs and Canzonettas ~ Anne Sofie von Otter
Bach: Mass in B minor ~ Andrew Parrot, cond.
Morimur. J S Bach ~ The Hilliard Ensemble
Vivaldi ~ Il Seminario Musicale. Gerard Lesne, cond.
Bach: The Musical Offering BWV 1079 /Ensemble Sonnerie
Bach: Arias & Choruses. Gardiner, cond.
Bach: Magnificat BWV243 / Kantate Bw51. Gardiner, cond.
Handel: Messiah. Pinnock, cond.
Tranquility – Holy Week Liturgy
Chants de l’Église Milanaise/Ensemble Organum · Pérès
Musique et poésie à Saint-Gall/Ensemble Gilles Binchois · Vellard
Chant Mozarabe – Mozarabic Chant: Toledo Cathedral
Venice Preserv’d/The Academy of Ancient Music. Hogwood
Anne Sofie Von Otter Sings Baroque Arias
Concerto Delle Donne/Consort of Musicke
English Madrigals/The Tallis Scholars. Phillips
Monteverdi: Madrigale Erotici e Spirituale/The Consort of Musicke
Monteverdi: Eighth Book of Madrigals, Vol 1 /Concerto Italiano
Villancicos y Danzas Criollas – Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall
Byrd: Mass for Five Voices/Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Renaissance – Music For Inner Peace/The Sixteen
Poulenc: Mass In G & Motets/RIAS-Kammerchor. Marcus Creed, cond.
The Best Opera Album In The World Ever
Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges. Rattle, cond.
Carissimi: Judicum Extremum; Jonas; Jephte /Gardiner, cond.
Bach: St John Passion /Gardiner, cond.
CPE Bach: Instrumental Chamber Music
Alfred Brendel – Collection Vol. 3 Beethoven
