Phillip Coulombe

Name______________________________________

California State University, Northridge

Music Department

Final Exam

Musical Analysis, Fall 2015

Dr. Howard

1. Regarding Classical period Sonata form: name (in correct order) all the elements that generally
are considered necessary for a piece to a
example of this form. Be sure to include
tonal and other relevant relationships; a
minor
mode.

At its core, three sections: exposition, development, and recapitulation. In the case of minor mode, the
development would begin First Theme in tonic, typically have a Transition, and present a Theme (Theme
1) in either the Dominant, or sometimes (in the case of a minor mode Theme) the relative major. The
exposition may have a codetta to establish closure before the developmental section, which continues
through a number of modulations to give harmonic instability and motion. Following the developmental
section comes a very important function: the re-transition. This "brings us home" to the recapitulation by
preparing us for a return to tonic, which the ear may have forgotten. In the recapitulation, we enjoy
hearing T1, transition, and T2 but instead of hearing it in V or III, we hear it in tonic, and it leads us to the
end. Before the three sections we may hear an introduction, and after the recapitulation we may hear a
coda in order to balance the piece as a whole.

2. Describe how you would determine whether a given example in Sonata form or in Rondo form.
The multiple repetitions of the A section in tonic.

3.

determine
bar repeats do not ________________
the form of a piece,

give us clues as to the potential form.

but they [may] ________________________________________________________________.

4. The forms exhibited by Concerto movements (especially those of the Classical era) tend to mimic
other standard forms, but there usually is one obvious and significant difference; name it, then
briefly describe some of the formal (structural) implications this difference generates.
The balance between instrumental parts, and the repetition of sections in different orchestration.

5. Briefly describe the difference between continuous and sectional versions of binary and ternary
form.
Sectional
binary and ternary forms have perfect authentic cadences to "divide" the sections, continuous
binary and ternary leads transitionally from section to section.

6.

selves most frequently in

binary

ternary
______________________ or _____________________
form.

7. Name a form described by each of the following labels (use each form only once):

Ternary Form
ABA ___________________________________________________________________
Binary
||:A:||:BA:|| (a short piece) __________________________________________________
Rondo
ABACAB'A _____________________________________________________________

8. Matching (use each term only once)

C

___ couplet

A. concerto

C. rondo

___ ritornello
___ reprise

B. cadence

___ R1, S1, etc.

D. extension

___ Da capo aria

F. refrain

H. sectional

___ phrase

___ harmonic interruption

___ coda

E. repeat

G. ternary

coda
9. A(n) __________________
is a section sometimes added to the end of a large-scale movedevelopmental element
ment; it is often complemented by the addition of a(n) ________________________.

10. Name and briefly describe two significant ways Sonata form of the Romantic era differs from
Sonata form of the Classical era.
1)

2)

11. Describe the difference between continuous and sectional variation form.

Sectional variation may lead from variation to variation without cadential cessation, rests, or section
breaks. Continuous variation leads harmonically onward between variations.

12. Name an example (type, not a specific piece) or continuous variation form:
Passacalia or chaconne

__________________________.

13. Listen to the three audio examples and identify the form of each.

Sonata Form
Example A. ______________________________________________________
Ternary
Example B. ______________________________________________________

Rondo
Example C. ______________________________________________________