Favorite Pieces to teach Musical Form

 Here are some of my favorite pieces to teach form.  Of course, there is much else to talk about with each piece you listen to but these are a great introduction to musical form and help the children be analytical listeners in a fun way.

Piece of Music	Form	Where?
March of the Wooden Soldiers Tchaikovsky	ABA	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnI2BNOfH0
Minuet in G Beethoven	ABA	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSXRJwspGU0
Minuet and Trio from Eine Kleine Mozart	ABA	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n96W8GDoO8
Minuet in G                                             Bach	AABB	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on1DDSLdDOo
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks Mussorgsky	AABA Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cJSbWtTia4
Trumpeter’s Lullaby                         Anderson	Intro ABA Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORW7suyvPNk
The Aquarium                                        Saint Saens	AAB Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD0FDLOKGA
The Swan                                              Saint Saens	Intro ABA Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNbXuFBjncw
Forgotten Dreams                             Anderson	AAB~AA	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDMSQWgBQ0
Galop                                          Kabalevsky	Intro A~A~B~A~A	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Qnxf04Whg
Waltzing Cat                                     Anderson	Intro AABB~A Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlG8Ut-gTc
Norwegian Dance                                   Grieg	Intro AABAA Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYrCj4lweLg
Sandpaper Ballet                               Anderson	Intro AABAABA Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doV2j3_Amgo
Fossils                                                   Saint Saens	ABACA	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGI-hYVslPU
Waltz of the Doll                                 Delibes	Intro AAB~AC Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyDN5s-yWIs
Syncopated Clock                            Anderson	Intro AABA~CC~AA Coda	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IboyHfL2jno