Charting the form

In a previous post I talked about how a I made a plan for the form of Time and Memoriam.  I wanted to outline the form in this post.  The basic form for this piece will be rounded binary: A B A'.  Each A section will be of a moderate tempo with a fairly constant pulse underneath.  The B section will be a contrasting, fast movement, likely in a compound meter (i.e. 6/8 or 9/8).

Each section of Time in Memoriam will have its own form.  The first A section will be a binary form: a b.  The plan is for the "a" section to be at a driving, yet moderate, pulse.  The thematic material will consist of motivic ideas that will develop into melodic material in the "b" section.  In the "b" section time will not be as pulse driven.  The primary thematic material will be melodic.  The overall tempo will remain relatively the same.

The B section of the piece will be a seven-part rondo: c d c1 e c2 d c3.  Each occurrence of the "c" section will consist of the same or similar melodic material, but will be played by different instrument groups.  The exception is section c3.  In this section the thematic material will be performed by all of the instruments that played the primary material in c, c1 and c2.

Section A' marks the return of the material in the A section.  In stead of doing a literal recapitulation, A' will start with the material from the "b" section.  Time in Memoriam will conclude with the return of the pulse driven "a" section.

This is the current formal plan for Time in Memoriam.  As I compose this piece the plan could change.  It all depends on how the music develops over time.