April 30, 201411 yr Heey me again. As you have probably already noticed, a lot of composers wrote nocturnes, funeral marches, rhapsodies etc. But what exaclty are those classified as? Are they musical styles, or maybe forms? (like a sonata). I couldn't find anything about their classification nor their structure on my search :/ Edited April 30, 201411 yr by EmperorWeeGeeII
May 1, 201411 yr Those are forms (yes like sonata) not styles.Rhapsody Nocturne Funeral March, well a march, but dark, sad, possibly slow.
May 1, 201411 yr Hmmm....I think nocturnes, marches, rhapsodies are more "styles", since they don't really have a clear-cut form (theoretically, a nocturne or march COULD be in sonata or rondo form).
May 1, 201411 yr They might be unclear forms, but they are forms, styles are Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionism etc, It can be Romantic/Waltz or Classical/March or Impressionist/Nocturne, (form+style) but not Nocturne/Symphony (form+form) IF "Nocturne" would be a style. Most of forms are unclear compared to Sonata, that includes forms came from folklore or local traditions, taken to a concert level.
May 1, 201411 yr They might be unclear forms, but they are forms, styles are Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionism etc, It can be Romantic/Waltz or Classical/March or Impressionist/Nocturne, (form+style) but not Nocturne/Symphony (form+form) IF "Nocturne" would be a style. Most of forms are unclear compared to Sonata, that includes forms came from folklore or local traditions, taken to a concert level. I guess I have a different understanding of the term "style", but I can see your point.
May 15, 201411 yr I think they're called genres. Forms and genres are styles. Style is anything a piece can identify with. Style of a period, style of an individual, style of a form, style of a genre. Forms are stripped of meanings that don't pertain to structure. Such as binary, arch, fugue. Genres generally carry emotional/functional/rhythmic/poetic connotations. But they can be structural at times owing to traditional associations. Some terms are purely configurational.
May 16, 201411 yr nocturne- lighter character piece with possible wistful, or "interior" tone funeral march- solemn piece in 4/4 with characteristic rhythm of quarter, dotted eitgth, sixteenth, quarter rhapsody- characteristic piece-- fanciful, expressive and digressive. Brahms' answer to chopin's ballades, and would say that subsequent rhapsodies are inspired by brahms'
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