Musical Form (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Musical Form The present branch of the Science of Composition treats of those forms, upon which are based most of the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann and numerous others, besides the majority of living composers. Since their music, by reason of its not being subject to outward influences, evolves in conformity with its own laws, it follows that these forms owe their establishment to instrumental music. Hence the preference with which they are designated the Forms of Instrumental Music. Albeit, their influence upon vocal music, especially upon that of the above named masters, has been very great, which fact it is an easy matter to demonstrate. In contradistinction to the contrapuntal forms, they are termed free, since they admit of every kind of tonal contexture, and are neither restricted to imitation, nor to the audible metre of the older musical style, but may nevertheless include both. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.