# Writing in Tonal Forms I

- Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Department: Music
- Teacher: Prof. Peter Child
- Term: Spring 2009
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Art, architecture and design, Music
- Source: [MIT OpenCourseWare](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/pages/syllabus/)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Written and analytic exercises based on 18th- and 19th-century small forms and harmonic practice found in music such as the chorale preludes of Bach; minuets and trios of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven; and the songs and character pieces of Schubert and Schumann. Musicianship laboratory is required.

## Lectures

1. [Fancy Employed on Divine Subjects](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/96690dfb46b5), 23 min (Video)
2. [The Song of Wandering Aengus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/46f6bd6f882d), 11 min (Video)
3. [An die Entfernte](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/83b9e40d4703), 15 min (Video)
4. [Mutability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/e3e9cd8e6027), 7 min (Video)
5. [Dolores](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/9daf803a9631), 12 min (Video)
6. [A Little Boy Lost](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/mit/21m-303-writing-in-tonal-forms-i-spring-2009/a8348b54ebc3), 18 min (Video)