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Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom

Robert Hutchinson

Exercises 25.6 Practice Exercises

Exercise Group.

1.

Identify the structural function of each excerpt below as expository, transitional, developmental, or terminative. Aurally identify the tonic and determine if the key is maintained or if other keys occur. Listen for cadences to demarcate the form.
(a) Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49, I.
(b) Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, I.
(c) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K.576, I.
(d) Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, I.
(e) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309, I.
(f) Haydn, Symphony No. 104 In D major, Hob. I:104, I.
(g) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309, I.
(h) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K.576, I.
(i) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310, I.
(j) Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major, Op. 79, Hob. XVI:50, I.
(k) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457, I.
(l) Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550, IV.
Answer.
  1. Haydn: Expository
  2. Beethoven: Developmental
  3. Mozart K. 576: Transitional
  4. Mozart K. 550: Developmental
  5. Mozart K. 309: Expository
  6. Haydn: Terminative
  7. Mozart K. 309: Transitional
  8. Mozart K. 576: Terminative
  9. Mozart K. 310: Terminative
  10. Haydn: Transitional
  11. Mozart K. 457: Expository
  12. Mozart K. 550, IV: Developmental

2.

Listen to the pieces below and fill in the diagrams. Cadences and textural changes will designate the form—listen carefully for these.
Figure 25.6.1. Mozart, Piano Sonata K. 545, I.
Figure 25.6.2. Mozart, Eine kleine nachtmusik, K. 525, I.
Answer.
Figure 25.6.3. Mozart, Piano Sonata K. 545, I.
Figure 25.6.4. Mozart, Eine kleine nachtmusik, K. 525, I.

Exercise Group.

Examples for Assignment 36, Section 1

3.

For each excerpt below, identify the structural function as either expository, transitional, developmental, or terminative.
(a) Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 59 in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:49, I.
(b) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K. 309, I.
(c) Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, IV.
(d) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310, I.
(e) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457, I.
(f) Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104, IV.
(g) Mozart, String Quartet No. 17 In B-flat, K.458, IV.
(h) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K.576, I.
(i) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310, I.
(j) Haydn, Piano Sonata No. 60 in C major, Hob. XVI:50, I.
(k) Mozart, String Quartet No. 17 In B-flat, K.458, IV.
(l) Mozart, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457, I.
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