Composition Index – Ternary Form

Ternary Form

The following pieces on this website are in Ternary form.

Pieces that are not in public domain are marked NON-PD and may not have a score.

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PERIOD/PAGE	COMPOSER	COMPOSER CATEGORY	COMPOSITION	ANALYTIC TOPICS
Romantic	Andree, Elfrida	Swedish, female	Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Mvt. II	Ternary form, cto7
20th century	Auerbach, Lera	Female, Soviet born, American	Lonely Suite: Ballet for a Lonely Violinist (2002-NON-PD)	Ternary form, binary form, timbre related, quartal harmony
20th Century	Auerbach, Lera	Female	The Prayer for solo alto saxophone (1996, 2009)	Ternary form
20th Century	Bartok, Bela	Hungarian, Male	44 Duos for Two Violins, No. 33 Harvest Song (1931) – NON-PD	ternary form, octatonic
Romantic	Beach, Amy	Female	Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op. 108	Ternary
Romantic	Beach, Amy	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23, Mvt. 3	Ternary form
Romantic	Beach, Amy	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23, Mvt. I	Ternary form, Tritone sub
Romantic	Beach, Amy	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23., Mvt. 4	Ternary form
Romantic	Beach, Amy	Female	Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23.Mvt. 2	Ternary form, linear analysis
Classical	Beethoven, Ludwig Van	male	Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, op 14. No. 1, Mvt. 2: Allegretto	Compound ternary, Rounded binary
20th century	Bernstein, Leonard	American	Elegy for Mippy II (for trombone alone) (1940s) -NON-PD	Ternary form
20th Century	Bloch, Ernest	American	Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 1	ternary form/arch form, modes
20th century	Bloch, Ernest	American	Poems of the Sea, B. 46, Mvt 2	ternary form, modes
Classical	Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Black	Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. I	Ternary form
Classical	Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Black	Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. II	Compound Ternary
Classical	Bologne, Joseph (Chevalier de Saint-George)	Black	Sonata for Flute and Harp in Eb Major, Mvt. III	Ternary form
Baroque	Bon, Anna	Female	Six Flute Sonatas, Sonata IV, Mvt. 2	ternary form
Impressionism	Boulanger, Lili	Female	Les Sirenes (1918)	Ternary form, whole tone scale, pentatonic scale
Impressionism	Boulanger, Lili	Female	No. 2, D’un Jardin Clair, from Trois Morceaux Pour Piano (1914) – NON-PD	Ternary form
Romantic	Brahms, Johannes		Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 76 no. 6	Ternary
Romantic	Brahms, Johannes	Germa	Six Pieces for Piano (Klavierstuke), Op. 118 No. 2: Intermezzo in A Major (1893)	Ternary form (compound), Aug 6
Romantic	Chaminade, Cecile	Female, French	Arabesque No. 1, Op. 61 (1892)	Compound ternary form
Romantic	Chaminade, Cecile	Female	La Morena, Caprice Espagnol, Op. 67	Ternary
Romantic	Chopin, Frederic	Polish	Mazurka in A minor, Op. 7, No. 2	Compound ternary, Rounded binary, Neapolitan, Aug 6
Romantic	Coleridge Taylor, Sanuel	African American	24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59. No 8: The Bamboula	Ternary, Aug 6
Impressionism	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel	Black	Forest Scenes, Op. 66, No. 1: “The Lone Forest Maiden”	Extended tertian, Aug 6, Ternary
Impressionism	Debussy, Claude	French	Pour le piano: Saraband	Ternary
Romantic	Dede, Edmund	black, Creole	El Pronunciamento (March)	compound ternary
Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Desmond, Paul	American	“Take 5” (1959) – NON-PD	asymmetrical meters (5/4), ternary form
Impressionism	Faure, Gabriel		Les roses d’isaphan	Ternary
Jazz, Pop, and Film Music	Hancock, Herbie	Afircan-American, Black	“Tell Me a Bedtime Story” (1969) – NON-PD	Jazz, octatonic, ternary form, pentatonic, third relationships
Romantic	Hensel, Fanny	female	“Juli” from Das Jahr, H. 385 (1841) – NON-PD	Ternary form, Aug 6
Romantic	Hensel, Fanny	Female	Vier Lieder fur Das Pianoforte, Op. 2 No 1: Andante	Ternary form, linear analysis
Romantic	Holland, Justin	African American	Andante and Variation in C Major (for guitar)	Compound Ternary
Classical	Johnson, Francis	African American	Victoria Gallop	Ternary
20th century	Kafui, Kenneth	Ghanian	“Mele Ekpom (I Do See It),” No. 4 from Six Easy African Piano Pieces (Tonal) (1986) – NON-PD	Ternary form, counterpoint
Romantic	Lang, Josephine	Female	Morgenlied eines armen Mannes	Ternary
Romantic	Lang, Jospehine	Female	Arabesque, from 3 Kalvierstucke	Ternary, Aug 6
Romantic	Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	female	Piano Quartet, Op. 28, Mvt. III: Tempo di Mazurka	Compound ternary, modulation
Romantic	Le Beau, Luise Adolpha	Female	Romanze fur Violine, Op. 35	Ternary form, Aug 6, cto7, secondary dominanats
Romantic	MacDowell, Edward	American	12 Etudes, Op. 39, No. 4: Arabeske	Ternary
Romantic	Mendelssohn, Felix	German	Song without Words, Op. 19b, No. 1	Ternary
20th century	Milhaud, Darius	French	Saudades do Brazil: “Botafogo”	Ternary
Classical	Mozart, Wolfgang A.	Austria	Ridente la calma, KV 152	Ternary
Classical	Paradis, Maria-Theresia von	Female	Morgenlied eines armen Mannes	Ternary form
20th century	Persichetti, Vincent	American	Piano sonatina no 4, III	Ternary
20th century	Price, Florence	Female	Adoration (for Organ)	Ternary
20th Century	Raum, Elizabeth	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt, 1: Blew Tango	Ternary form, Tritone sub
20th Century	Raum, Elizabeth	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt, 2: Dot Polka	Ternary form, linear analysis
20th Century	Raum, Elizabeth	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt. 3: Waltzin’ Matuba	Ternary form
20th Century	Raum, Elizabeth	Female, Canadian	Sweet Dances for Unaccompanied Tuba, Mvt. 4:. A Hard Knight’s Day	Ternary form
Impressionism	Ravel, Maurice	French	Le Tombeau de Couperin, Menuet	Ternary (Compound)
Impressionism	Ravel, Maurice	French	Le Tombeau de Couperin, Rigaudon	Ternary
Romantic	Schubert, Franz	Austrian, Male	Die schone Mullerin D. 795, No. 11 “Mein”	Ternary
Romantic	Schubert, Franz	Austrian, Male	Moments Musicaux in Ab Major, Op. 94 No. 6 D780	Ternary – compound, rounded binary, Aug 6, cto7, Neapolitan, enharmonic respelling
Romantic	Schumann, Clara	Female	Drei Romanzen (for piano), Op. 21, No. 1	Ternary form, Aug 6
Romantic	Schumann, Clara	Female	Drei Romanzen fur Violine und Kalvier, Op. 22, No. 1	Ternary form, Aug 6, secondary dominants
Romantic	Schumann, Clara	Female	Drei Romanzen fur Violine und Klavier, Op. 22, Mvt. 2	Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Clara	Female	Trois Romances, Op. 11, No. 1	Ternary form
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	“Vogel als prophet” from Waldszenen, Op. 82	Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	“Widmung” No. 1 of Myrthen Op. 25	Ternary form
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 11, “Sicilianisch”	Compound Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 3, “Trallerliedchen” (Humming Song)	Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 31, “Kriegslied”	Ternary form
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No. 8, “Wilder Reiter” (Wild Rider)	Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Album for the Young, Op. 68, No.9, “Volksliedchen” (Folk Song)	Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Drei Klavier, Sonata for the Young, Kinder-Sonaten, op. 118	Ternary
Romantic	Schumann, Robert	German	Papillons, op. 2 no. 5	Ternary
20th century	Smyth, Ethel	Female	3 Moods of the Sea, 1. Requies	Ternary form, Whole tone scale
20th century	Still, William Grant	Black	Three Visions: A Suite for Piano (1935), No. 2: Summerland  – NON-PD	Ternary form
	Strouse, Charles		“Once upon a time” from All American	Ternary
Classical	Szymanwska, Maria A.	Female	March 1 from Six Marches	Ternary, compound ternary, Aug 6, Secondary Dominants
Romantic	Tegner, Alice	Female	Sonata in A minor for Violin and Piano, Mvt. III: Andante	ternary, Aug 6, Linear analysis
Romantic	Tegner, Alice	Female	Violin Sonata in A Minor, Mvt. II: Minuetto	Ternary (compound)
20th century	Webern, Anton	Austrian, Male	Funf Satze for Streichquartett, Op. 5 No. 3	Ternary
Romantic	Wolf, Hugo	Austrian, Male	“Das Verlassene Magdlein” from Morike Lieder	Ternary, augmented triads, Aug 6, chromatic mediants

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