KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS (18 films)

Kinescopes. Presents discussions on form in music. Limits the explanations of musical forms to those found in instrumental music during the period 1700-1900; and of these, the types that are met in the sonata. Illustrates with many selections from classical music. Titles are: 1. KEYBOARD CONVERSATIONS: INTRODUCTION; 2. PHRASES AND SENTENCES; 3. MORE COMPLEX SENTENCES AND "IRREGULAR" PHRASES; 4. EXTENSION OF THE PHRASE; 5. MODULATING SENTENCES; 6. TWO-PART FORM: BINARY; 7. THREE-PART FORM: TERNARY; 8. MORE ABOUT THREE-PART FORM; 9. EPISODIC FORM—I; 10. EPISODIC FORM—II; 11. RONDO FORM; 12. VARIATION FORM; 13. VARIATIONS ON A "GROUND"; 14. SONATA FORM: THE EXPOSITION; 15. SONATA FORM: THE DEVELOPMENT; 16. SONATA FORM: DEVELOPMENT AND LINK TO RECAPITULATION; 17. SONATA FORM: RECAPITULATION AND CODA; 18. SONATA AS A WHOLE.