Suite & Sonata CD-ROM
Price: £29.99 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)
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Subject: Music
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 16 - 18
Order Number: 11084
The suite and then the sonata dominated Secular Western Art-Music for three hundred years.
The first PowerPoint presentation focuses on the suite. Composers of the baroque period drew inspiration from the popular dances of their time to develop some of the finest music of the age. Often written in binary form, the suite collects together music from Germany, France, Spain and the United Kingdom. The Unit of Work examines the collection of disparate dances; their origins and their musical characteristics, and how the suite evolved. It explains Binary Form.
The suite evolved into the sonata in the classical period. Composers wrote sonatas for soloists, and quartets, in symphony and concerto, demonstrating its astonishing versatility. The second PowerPoint looks at similarities and differences between the suite and the sonata. It considers the characteristics of the four movements. It explains sonata form and gives an annotated score and MIDI file of a movement in Sonata form, as an example.
The presentations offer students the opportunity to listen and analyse, and includes:
- 1984 Dance movements from Bach’s French Suite numbers 2 and 5 in MIDI format.
- 1985 MIDI files of Mozart’s Symphony in G minor and his Clarinet Concerto.
- 1986 The first movement from Sonatina in F by Clementi.
The student is also guided through the compositional process of developing two pieces of music, one in Binary form and the other in Sonata form. This is supported by theory on cadence and modulation. This resource is suitable for music students of advanced level and includes 2 PowerPoint shows, 20 slides, 2 handouts and 22 MIDI Files.
Once purchased, the CD-ROM can be freely copied and networked throughout the school.
