Analysis
Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
This subject aims to introduce the main musical forms from the Baroque era to the 20th century and to develop the practical analytical skills of the student.
1st semester
- Main concepts and general principles of musical analysis
- Main forms of the baroque era (binary form, baroque sonata, rondo, concerto, da capo forms, basso ostinato variations)
- The forms of the classical themes (sentence, period, small binary, small ternary)
- Compound ternary (Minuet/Trio form)
- Theme and variations
2nd semester
- Slow movement forms
- Rondo and sonata-rondo
- Sonata form
- Concerto form
- Large-scale forms in the 19th and 20th-century music
The lectures include the introduction of new theoretical material, listening and analysis of the selected pieces, and class discussion. Independent work includes analysis of the given pieces and the student's own repertoire, as well as reading.
Knowledge of elementary music theory, classical harmony and counterpoint
On completion of this subject, the student will be able to
- Characterize and differentiate the standard musical forms of the 18th and 19th centuries;
- Recognize these forms in practice, including in his/her own repertoire;
- Describe the tonal organization of the tonal composition and find out its cadences;
- Describe the phrase structure of the piece;
- Divide the large-scale forms into sections and define the function of each section (main theme, transition, subordinate theme etc.)
- Notice the most important thematic connections and characterise the thematic process;
- Differentiate the conventional techniques from the specific features of the piece;
- Express the result of the analysis cohesively and logically, both in an oral and written form.
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