Music Theory Materials: Ternary Form

TERNARY FORM
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EXAMPLES
Beethoven, Ludwig Van (1770-1827)

Piano Sonata No 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2, Mvt III: Scherzo

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music – Beethoven Piano Sonata 2, op 2 no 2 III; C.F. Peters
Copyright: Public Domain


Audio : YouTube

 

Piano Sonata No 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1, Mvt. II, Allegretto (1798)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Beethoven-Sonata 9 Op14-1 II; Edwin F. Kalmus,
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio : YouTube

 

Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)

Acht Klavierstucke, Op 76 No. 6, Intermezzo (1878)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Brahms-Intermezzo 6; Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: YouTube

 

Chaminade, Cecile (1857-1944)

La Morena, Op 67 (1892)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: La Morena, Op 67; Enoch Frères et Costallat, n.d.[1892]
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: YouTube

 

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)

Pour le Piano, No. 2, Sarabande (1894-1901)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet music: Debussy-Sarabande; Edition Peters
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio:

Performer: Saša Gerželj-Donaldson (piano)
Publisher: aša Gerželj-Donaldson
Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 

Faure, Gabriel (1845-1924)

Les roses d’isaphan, No. 4 from 4 Melodies pour une voix Op 39

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Faure-Les roses d’isaphan; J. Hamelle
Copyright – Public Domain

Lyrics: Oxford Lieder

 

Audio: YouTube

Performers: Kathleen Battle

Lang, Josephine (1815-1880)

Arabeske, from 3 Klavierstucke (1905)

Topics: Ternary form

 Lang-Arabeske; Carl Grüninger
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube, Kerstin Sieben-Kaiser, Piano

 

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fleix  (1809-1847)

Leider ohne Worte (Song without Words), Op 19b, No 1 Andante con moto

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Mendelssohn-Song without words; C.F. Peters
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio:

Performer: Benjamin Moser (piano)
Publisher Info: Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 

Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)

Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67, No. 2, Botafogo (1920-21)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Milhaud-Saudades do Brasil; E. Demets
Copyright – Public Domain, US only

Audio: Youtube

 

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

Ridente la Calma, K. 152

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Mozart-Ridente la calma; Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright – Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Paradis, Maria Theresia von (1759-1824)

Morgenlied eines armen Mannes

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: “Morgenlied eines armen Mannes”; Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1920.
Copyright – Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Price, Florence (1887-1953)

Adoration

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: “Adoration (for Organ)”; Lorenz Music, n.d.(ca.1951)
Copyright – Public Domain

 

Audio: Youtube

 

Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)

Le tombeau de Couperin, No. 4, Rigaudon (1914-1917)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Ravel-Rigaudon; Durand & Cie.
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: YouTube

 

Le tombeau de Couperin, No. 5, Menuet (1914-1917)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Ravel Menuet; Durand & Cie.
Reprinted: Mineola: Dover Publications, 1997.
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: YouTube

 

Schubert, Franz (1979-1828)

Mein, No. 11 from Die Schone Mullerin, D. 795

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schubert-Die Schone Mullerin; Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Moment musicaux, D 780, No 6 in Ab major

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schubert-Moment Musicaux; Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

Album for the Young, Op. 68, No 3, Trallerliedchen (Humming Song)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schumann-Humming Song; C.F. Peters
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Album for the Young, Op. 68, No 8, Wilder Reiter (Wild Rider)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schumann-Wild Rider; C.F. Peters
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio:

Performers: MCPP
Publisher Info: MississippiCollegePianoPedagogy, 2017.
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 

Album for the Young, Op. 68, No 9, Volksliedchen (Folk Song)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schumann-Folk song; C.F. Peters, n.d.(1890). Plate 7000.
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Drei Clavier, Sonaten fur die Jugend, No. 1 Kinder-Sonate, OP 118

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schumann-Kinder Sonate; Edwin F. Kalmus
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Papillons, Op. 2 No.5

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schumann-Papillons; Breitkopf & Härtel
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio:

Performer Pages: Chiara Bertoglio (Piano)
Publisher Info: Chiara Bertoglio
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

Vogel als Prophet, No. 7 from Waldszenen, Op. 82

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Schumann-Vogel als Prophet; Art Publication Society
Copyright: Public Domain 

Audio: Youtube

 

Webern, Anton (1883-1945)

Funf Satze fur Streichquartett, Op. 5 No. 4

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Webern-Five Mvts for String Quartet; Universal Edition, 1922.
Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)

Morike Lieder, Vol. 2 No 7, Das verlassene Madglein (The Forsaken Maiden)

Topics: Ternary form

Sheet Music: Wold-Das Verlassene Madglein; C.F. Peters, n.d.
Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics: Oxford Lieder

 

Audio: Youtube

 

 

COMPOUND TERNARY

 

Szymanwska, Maria Agata (1789-1831)

March 1 from Six Marches

Topics: Compound ternary form

Sheet Music: March 1 from Six Marches; Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.[1819] Copyright: Public Domain

Audio: Youtube

 

Tegner, Alice (1864-1943)

Violin Sonata in A minor, II: Minuetto (1901)

Topics: Compound ternary form

Sheet Music – Violin Sonata in A minor, Mvt 1I: Minuetto; Publisher: Swedish Musical Heritage, Ed.666, 2015.
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0

 

Audio: YouTube