compositon form

Hello,

Could I get an explanation of some of the more common musical forms. in particular: cannon, fugue, rondo, and sonata and any other you think would be handy.

Thanks,

Michael

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Could I get an explanation of some of the more common musical forms. in particular: cannon, fugue, rondo, and sonata and any other you think would be handy.

Thanks,

Michael

What? What do you mean? What do you want these for exactly?

Form is a very touchy subject, and there have been many books written on these forms, especially Sonata form (notably "Sonata Forms" -notice the plural in the end- by Charles Rosen). And you don't really say anything else, so we assume "common practice" or "classical" forms. But, for example, Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Prokofiev, Berg, Schnittke, Crumb and John White, they've all written sonatas but they are all so different from one another. So what exactly are you looking for?

What? What do you mean? What do you want these for exactly?

Form is a very touchy subject, and there have been many books written on these forms, especially Sonata form (notably "Sonata Forms" -notice the plural in the end- by Charles Rosen). And you don't really say anything else, so we assume "common practice" or "classical" forms. But, for example, Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Prokofiev, Berg, Schnittke, Crumb and John White, they've all written sonatas but they are all so different from one another. So what exactly are you looking for?

I am looking for the run of the mill basics. I am just curious as to what the are and how they work, is this wrong?