Show 206: Form and Structure of Larger Musical Works

This was an abbreviated show of about an hour, but the topic is important, even if we did not go into it in great depth.

Writing a short piece of music is not hard: you think up a tune, polish it up a little, put in some harmony, and you’re done.  When you want to write a major piece of music (I don’t mean to suggest that you listeners want to do this, but it helps to look at the problem from the point of view of the composer) structure raises it’s —not necessarily ugly— head.