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Anthology of Musical Forms: Structure & Style (Expanded Edition): Book

The Study and Analysis of Musical Forms

By Leon Stein

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Structure and Style, first published in 1962 and expanded in 1979, fills the need for new ways of analysis that put 20th-century music in perspective. It spans forms in use before 1600 through forms and techniques in use today. Anthology of Musical Forms provides musical examples of forms treated in Structure and Style. Some examples are analyzed throughout. Most are left for the student to analyze. These books reflect Leon Stein's impressive background as student, musician, and composer. Stein studied composition with Leo Sowerby, Frederick Stock (conductor of the Chicago Symphony), and orchestration with Eric DeLamarter, his assistant. He earned M. Mus and Ph.D degrees at DePaul University and was associated with its School of Music as director of the Graduate Division and chairman of the Department of Theory and Composition until his retirement in 1976. He has composed a wide variety of works, including compositions for orchestra, chamber combinations, two operas, and a violin concerto.

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Publisher: Alfred Music
Page Count: 320
ISBN10: 0-87487-164-6
ISBN13: 978-0-87487-164-7
UPC: 029156194425
SKU: 00-0164

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About the Author: Leon Stein

Leon Stein brought decades of rigorous training and creative practice to his work as a music theorist and educator. His studies in composition and orchestration under some of the Chicago Symphony's most respected musicians (Leo Sowerby, Frederick Stock, and Eric DeLamarter) shaped his approach to understanding how music actually works. As director of graduate studies and theory chairman at DePaul University's School of Music, Stein worked with students across multiple disciplines, and his own compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, opera, and violin concerto gave him firsthand knowledge of how form functions in real composition.

Stein's teaching career spanned a generation during a pivotal moment in music history. The first edition of Structure and Style appeared in 1962, a time when 20th-century composition required new analytical frameworks that traditional textbooks could not provide. His expansion of the work in 1979 reflected both evolving musical practices and his commitment to keeping analysis relevant to living composers and students of contemporary music.

Why we love this

This anthology refuses to treat form as a relic of the Classical period. By pairing the comprehensive coverage in Structure and Style with actual musical scores across 400 years of repertoire, Stein gives students the analytical tools to understand everything from medieval organum through experimental 20th-century techniques. The decision to leave most examples unanalyzed is pedagogically shrewd: it makes students active readers rather than passive consumers, which is exactly what music theory instruction should demand.

What to expect

Working through this anthology is like being handed a conversation between centuries. Each example sits within its historical moment, yet the breadth of repertoire reveals surprising continuities in how composers solve structural problems across different eras and aesthetics.

Who it's for

Theory teachers working with advanced high school or college students will find this essential for curricula that extend beyond common-practice harmony. Composers and arrangers benefit from seeing how form adapts across historical periods and musical languages. Anyone teaching or studying contemporary music will value an analytical resource that treats modern structural approaches with the same rigor as sonata form.

How to use it

Use this as your core analysis text in a second-year music theory sequence, pairing it with listening assignments and score study. The extensive examples make it a natural reference for undergraduate composition seminars, where students can trace how their influences handle form before attempting their own work.

Skills your students will build

  • Analyzing formal structures from pre-1600 through contemporary composition
  • Recognizing structural patterns across different musical periods and styles
  • Applying 20th-century analytical methods to modern and experimental music
  • Identifying harmonic and formal relationships within provided musical examples
  • Developing independent analytical skills through guided but unanalyzed examples

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