FORM. The means by which unity and proportion are arrived at in musical works are the relative distribution of keys and harmonic bases on the one hand, and of ‘subjects
’ or figures or melodies on the other; and this distribution is called the Form of the work. The order of distribution varies greatly with the conditions. Music set to poetry with a ‘burden
’ to each verse would naturally adopt the form of repeating the same melody to each recurrence...
