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The Symphony and Sonata Form
Performing Arts: Western Music · Chapter 7 · Section B: Forms and Analysis of Music
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- Definition and history of the symphony; typical four-movement plan
- Sonata form: exposition (first and second subjects, bridge, closing theme), development, recapitulation, coda
- Other symphonic forms: theme and variations, minuet and trio, scherzo, sonata-rondo
- Analysing a chosen symphony: key, composer, instruments, each movement's key, time signature and tempo, themes, modulations and orchestration