Lecture 11. Form: Rondo, Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations (cont.)

Listening to Music (MUSI 112)

In this lecture, Professor Wright prepares the students for the upcoming concert they will attend, which will include pieces by Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven. He discusses each of the pieces that will be on the program, paying special attention to form. Additional classical pieces are used to supplement the discussion of theme and variations and rondo form in the concert pieces. The lecture concludes with an example of rondo form found in a piece by the contemporary popular artist Sting.

00:00 - Chapter 1. Introduction to the Concert Program
05:20 - Chapter 2. Analysis of Theme and Variations as a Form in Brahms's Composition
24:53 - Chapter 3. Introduction to the Rondo
33:58 - Chapter 4. Rondo in Vivaldi's Spring Concerto and Mozart's Horn Concerto
45:10 - Chapter 5. Rondo Form in Sting's Music and Conclusion

Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu


This course was recorded in Fall 2008.