Rundkanzone 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
-or-
AABA
The second part (CB) concludes with most or all of the material (B) from each half (AB) of the double first part (ABAB) .
German terms are retained in the discussion of bar form by music scholars because the terms were introduced by Lorenz in his exhaustive investigation of the music of 19th-century composer Richard Wagner.
References
- Horst Brunner (2000). Stanley Sadie (ed.). New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- The New Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard: Belknap. 1986. p. 721. ISBN 9780674615250.
- Lorenz, A. (1924). Das Geheimis der Form bei Richard Wagner. Berlin.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
 | This music theory article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |