Program Type
Honors
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Phoebe Robertson
Document Type
Presentation
Location
Face-to-face
Start Date
18-4-2024 11:40 AM
End Date
18-4-2024 12:10 PM
Abstract
As a future music educator, it is my duty to have not only understanding and knowledge of composers, music history, and compositional techniques, but to also have an appreciation, passion, and interest in what music is, where it has been, how it has changed, and where it is going now. With this research, I deepened my appreciation for the evolution of music over the course of history, expanded my understanding of how and when they came into existence, and broadened my understanding and appreciation of music that draws on those techniques today.
In the comparisons I made between compositions of the past and of today, I point out aspects that may have inspired the more recent composition as well as original twists and strategies that are present. My primary focus is musical form. There is much information available about what forms are, how they function, where they originated, and who utilized them in the past; however, there is little about who is using them today, how, and where they likely got their inspiration.
William Earl Caplin’s “Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven,” Louis Horst’s “Pre-classic Dance Forms,” and Douglas Stuart Moore’s “A Guide to Musical Styles: From Madrigal to Modern Music” provided in-depth examinations of the structure, function, and history of forms that I investigated in my research. I also incorporated data from an interview with a current composer who has used compositional techniques dating back to the Baroque era.
Recommended Citation
Graves, Cadence A., "Chaconnes, Sonatas, and Fugues, Oh my: A Study of the Influence of Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Musical Forms on Today's Media" (2024). ATU Research Symposium. 20.
https://orc.library.atu.edu/atu_rs/2024/2024/20
Chaconnes, Sonatas, and Fugues, Oh my: A Study of the Influence of Baroque, Classical, and Romantic Musical Forms on Today's Media
Face-to-face
As a future music educator, it is my duty to have not only understanding and knowledge of composers, music history, and compositional techniques, but to also have an appreciation, passion, and interest in what music is, where it has been, how it has changed, and where it is going now. With this research, I deepened my appreciation for the evolution of music over the course of history, expanded my understanding of how and when they came into existence, and broadened my understanding and appreciation of music that draws on those techniques today.
In the comparisons I made between compositions of the past and of today, I point out aspects that may have inspired the more recent composition as well as original twists and strategies that are present. My primary focus is musical form. There is much information available about what forms are, how they function, where they originated, and who utilized them in the past; however, there is little about who is using them today, how, and where they likely got their inspiration.
William Earl Caplin’s “Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven,” Louis Horst’s “Pre-classic Dance Forms,” and Douglas Stuart Moore’s “A Guide to Musical Styles: From Madrigal to Modern Music” provided in-depth examinations of the structure, function, and history of forms that I investigated in my research. I also incorporated data from an interview with a current composer who has used compositional techniques dating back to the Baroque era.