MUSC 422

Form and Analysis

Spring 2017
Oksana Lutsyshyn (D.M)
Diehn 1214 on Mondays and Wednesdays at 1 PM till 1:50 PM
Email: olutsysh@odu.edu
Office Hours: Friday, 11 AM till 12 PM in 2119
Tuesday, 1 PM till 2 PM in room 2106
TEXT
Leon Stein - Structure and Style: The Study and Analysis of Musical Form
Expanded Edition (optional)
The larger forms of musical composition by Percy Goetschius (public domain)
A list of scores to be printed out of the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
will be provided.
GOALS
In Form and Analysis we will learn to identify and discussarchitectural principles found in
music.
We will develop, explore and expand the tools of analysis you have learned from previous
music theory courses Approaching music with both the small and large scales in mind
while maintaining a flexible approach.
Course content will center upon the organizing principles of music: phrasing, period
structures, themes, transitions, etc. and Classic Forms: Binary Form, Ternary Form,
Sonata Form, Rondo, Theme and Variations.
Music analysis and examples will be drawn from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and
Twentieth-Century periods.
Active participation and the completion of this course will enhance your understanding of
the many intricate relationships created by musical forms as well as the relationship of
musical content to musical form.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR STUDENTS:
The development of skills and knowledge necessary for effective understanding and
analysis of the following forms:
SONG FORMSOne-part song forms: the phrase, the period, and the double period
Simple, expanded, and incipient two-part song forms Simple and enlarged three-part
song formsFive-part song formsGroup forms
Through-composed song forms
SINGLE-MOVEMENT FORMS Song form with trio

First, second, and third rondo formsVariation formsSonatine formsSingle movement preclassical sonata; binary and ternary forms Sonata-Allegro form
CONTRAPUNTAL FORMS Two-voice inventions
FuguesPassacagliasTocattasChorale Preludes Baroque Suites Instrumental Canzonas
16th-century motets
FREE FORMSPolyphonic and homophonic forms
Opera Preludes Mosaic treatments Tone-row techniques
Grading
Class Attendance 10%
Homework/Quizzes 40%
Midterm Assignment 25 %
Deadline for the Midterm Assignment March 2/2017
Final Assignment 25%
Deadline for the Final Assignment May 2/2017
Final grades will be determined by these percentages:
90-100 = A
80-89 = B
70-79 = C
60-69 = D
Below 60 = F