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Form: Formal Structures of Music Composition

By: Rolf A. Groesbeck
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:music

Music theorists tend to define form in terms of the number of sections in a piece, and the relationships of these sections to each other, with specific attention to repetition, contrast, and variation. Accordingly, form tends to be discussed in terms of categories from the common practice period ...

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  Groesbeck, R. (2019). Form: formal structures of music composition. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 948-953). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n295
  
  Groesbeck, Rolf A. "Form: Formal Structures of Music Composition." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 948-53. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n295.
  
  Groesbeck, R. 2019. Form: Formal Structures of Music Composition. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 948-953 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n295> [Accessed 20 Apr 2021].
  
  Groesbeck, Rolf A. "Form: Formal Structures of Music Composition." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 948-53. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n295.
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