• concise guide to musical structures of the tonal era
• text illustrated with many music examples
• invaluable introduction for music students, performers and armchair music lovers
• invaluable also to higher grade practical exam candidates, as it provides key background information on the final aural test, and to higher grade Practical Musicianship candidates
• reissue in paperback (replaces hardback edition, ISBN 0 90010 800 2)

Contents

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 10 - The Suite
• Chapter 11 - The Early Sonata
• Chapter 12 - The Early Contrapuntal Forms
• Chapter 13 - Fugue
• Chapter 14 - Air with Variations
• Chapter 15 - Later Trends
• Chapter 2 - Phrase and cadence
• Chapter 3 - Simple Binary and ternary Forms
• Chapter 4 - Ternary Form and its Simple Extensions - Rondo Form
• Chapter 6 - Varied Types of Sonata Form
• Chapter 8 - The Concerto
• Chapter 9 - The Overture
• Chpater 5 - Sonata Form
• Chpater 7 - The Complete Sonata
• Glossary Index
• Index of composers and compositions
• Index of music examples
• Index of references to the historical Anthology of Music