For courses on the analysis of musical form, with an emphasis on western music from 1700 to the present, in the standard Music Theory curriculum. The Analysis of Musical Form emphasizes aural comprehension, incorporates recent analytic methodologies, and addresses musical form as both process and design. James Mathes wrote this book due to a lack of textbooks written in the past dozen years on musical form.The relatively few texts on the market do not address recent scholarship or methodology, do not address phrase rhythm and formal processes in a systematic or thorough manner, and omit discussion of vocal forms and developments in post-tonal music of the 20th century. There is also a lack of emphasis on aural comprehension of musical forms. Separate chapters on vocal forms and 20th-century music, inclusion of recent developments in analytic methodology with suggested readings, and aural exercises, and accompanying CDs address these problems.

Table of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements   List of Recorded Examples   Part I:  Formal Design and Structure: Analytic Concepts and Tools    Chapter 1:    On the Nature of Musical Form                                                            Formal Design and Formal Structure                                                  Formal Processes and Functions                                                         Form, Style and Genre                                                Perception of Musical Form      Chapter 2:    Tonal Design                                                                                         Phrase, Cadence, and Key                         Cadences and Segmentation                         Tonal Design and Key Relations                         Analysis of Tonal Design      Chapter 3:    Thematic Design and Phrase Structure                                                 Thematic Design                         Motives and Themes                         Thematic Models of Phrase Structure      Chapter 4:    Phrase Rhythm and Form                                                                     Phrase Rhythm Defined                         Phrase Connections:  elision, links, overlap,                         Phrase Expansions:  introductions, internal expansions, extensions                         Analysis of Phrase Rhythm      Chapter 5:    Formal Functions and Musical Texture                                                                      Expository Function                         Introductory Function                         Transitional and Developmental Function                         Closing and Framing Function                         Parenthetical Function                         Phrase Expansions and Formal Functions                         Definitions of Musical Textures                         Vocal and Instrumental Textures                         Texture and Formal Design                         Texture and Formal Processes       Part II:  Forms of Music   Chapter 6        One Part and Binary Forms                                                                  One Part Form:  Preludes, Periods, Phrase groups                         Simple Binary Forms                         Balanced Binary Form                         Rounded Binary Form                         Expanded Binary Form   Chapter 7        Ternary and Composite Forms                                                              Simple Sectional Ternary Form                         Continuous Ternary Form                                           Large and Compound Ternary Forms                           Chapter 8        Sonata Form                                                                Principles of Classical Sonata Form                         Exposition                         Development                         Recapitulation                         Coda Sonata Form in the 19th and 20th century   Chapter 9        Modifications of Sonata Form/ Cyclic Forms                                      Slow Introduction                         Sonata Form without Development                         Sonata Form in Concerto Movements                         Cyclic Form and Arch Form                           Chapter 10      Rondo Form                                                                                                                Principles of Rondo Form                         Baroque Rondeau                         Five-Part Rondo                         Seven-Part Rondo                         Sonata Rondo Form   Chapter 11      Ostinato and Variation Forms                                                                                      Introduction: Variation as Form, Genre, and Technique                         Ostinato Variations:  Ground, Passacaglia, Chaconne                         Ostinato as Constructive Device                         Theme and Variations                                     Fixed and Variable Elements                                     Types of Variations                                     Large-Scale Organization   Chapter 12      Contrapuntal Genres                                                                                         Introduction: Contrapuntal Genres and Textures                           Canon                         Invention                         Fugue                         Chorale Prelude and Cantus Firmus Techniques   Chapter 13  Vocal Forms and Genres                                                                           Small Forms:  Hymns and Popular Songs Verse /Refrain, Strophic Forms, Bar Form Small Binary, Small Ternary             Lieder/Art Song   Text and Form   Exapnded Song Form             Aria Forms                         Barqoue Da Capo Forms and Ritornello functions                         Classical Arias and Da Capo modifications                         Operatic Rondò: Composite Binary Form                         19th Expanded Rondò:  Cavatina/Cabelletta                         Choral Forms                                                             Chapter  14  20th-Century: New Formal Processes and Techniques                                       Pitch Collections, Centricity, and Formal Processes  Timbre, Texture and Form             Indeterminacy and Open Forms             Textural Form             Form as Process: Minimalism   Bibliography of Writings on Musical Form                                                      Glossary of Terms                                                                                             Index of Works Cited and Subjects