CHAPTER I.

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ELEMENTS OF MUSICAL FORM. 1

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. WHAT TO NOTICE FIRST 3

III. MUSICAL MOTIVES 4

IV. WHAT THE COMPOSER DOES WITH HIS MOTIVES 6

V. THE FIRST STEPS AS REVEALED BY HISTORY 10

VI. A SPANISH FOLK-SONG 12

VII. BALANCE OF PHRASES 13

VIII. SUMMARY 14