Other Vooal Forms Em) Through-Composed Form Ina sense, the “opposite” of a strophic song is a through-composed one: here, rather than repeating the melody from stanza to stanza, the music for each stanza (or each line) is different. (-\ KEY CONCEPT A through-composed song is one in which the composi- tion develops continuously—in new, though perhaps motivically related, ways— as the song unfolds. While a through-composed song may include patterns of repetition, these patterns will not fall into typical musical forms, such as A.A’, ABA,AAB,orAABA. Schubert's “Erlkénig” is a dramatic example of a through-composed song, united from verse to verse by a piano motive that appears as introduction, inter- lude, and accompaniment to some verses. You have listened to excerpts in recent chapters, but now consider the song as a whole, to see how its text, harmony, and motivie structure work together to ereate a powerful musical drama, Read through Goethe's poem and translation in your anthology; in your score, mark the beginning and end of each strophe, as well as who is speaking—the narrator, the father, the son, or the Elf King, Observe any motives or accompanimental patterns that are associated with particular characters. Try it #4 = Listen to “Erlkénig” in its entirety. 1. Each strophe has the same rhyme scheme, Circle the alphabet letters that best capture this design: abab abcb aabb abea 2, For each of the eight strophes, write the name of the character(s) speaking, and the corre- sponding measure numbers, Character(s) Measures Strophe 1: mm, Strophe mm, Strophe mm, Strophe mm, Strophe 5: mm, Strophe 6: mm. Strophe 7: mm, ‘Strophe 8: mm,