Rundkanzone Explained

Rundkanzone [German: "rounded chanson" or "rounded [[canzona]]"] is a type of bar form (AAB form or "canzona form") originally taken from medieval German song, but also used to describe musical form in general. The form is represented by either:

ABAB/CB[1]
-or-
AABA[2]

The second part (CB) [German: ''[[Abgesang]]] concludes with most or all of the material (B) from each half (AB) [German: ''[[Stollen]]] of the double first part (ABAB) [German: ''Aufgesang''].

German terms are retained in the discussion of bar form by music scholars because the terms were introduced by Lorenz[3] in his exhaustive investigation of the music of 19th-century composer Richard Wagner.

References

  1. Book: Bar form

    . New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 2000. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Horst Brunner. Bar form. Stanley Sadie.

  2. Book: Rundkanzone

    . The New Harvard Dictionary of Music . registration . 1986 . Belknap. Harvard . Rundkanzone. 721. 9780674615250 .

  3. Book: Lorenz, A.. Das Geheimis der Form bei Richard Wagner. 1924 . Berlin .