EmperorWeeGeeII Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) 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, 2014 by EmperorWeeGeeII Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYS65 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Those are forms (yes like sonata) not styles.Rhapsody Nocturne Funeral March, well a march, but dark, sad, possibly slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danishali903 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYS65 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danishali903 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandsilkie Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p7rv Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 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' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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