GRADUATE THEORY

Classical formal types in early 19th century Lieder

Caplin developed his formal types and formal functions through study of Classical instrumental music. However, some more recent scholars have attempted to
apply Caplin’s ideas to vocal music of the same period. Here is an example from Stephen Rodgers’ article on “Sentences with Words: Text and Theme-Type in
Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin” (Music Theory Spectrum, spring 2014), illustrating sentence structure in vocal melodies:
Here is another song by Louise Reichardt, published around 1805. Discuss the formal structure, using Caplin’s concepts.
Here is the opening of “Wohin?” from Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin, which Stephen Rodgers understands as a sentence structure. Explain how.