"Great pieces of music have a structure, a musical architecture. You may not be consciously aware of the structure while you're listening to a great work; but still, you instinctively feel how that work was put together. Maybe the piece follows one of the classical overarching musical patterns. Maybe it just has a music idea at the beginning that comes back at the end. In any case, we'd be hard-pressed to name a great work of music that doesn't have a coherent structure."
Classical Music for Dummies by David Pogue and Scott Speck page 9
I have found that the more I know about the structures of the music to which I am listening the more I enjoy it. I had read about the sonata, symphony, and othere types of works in other books and in also in Classical Music for Dummies by Daivd Pogue and Scott Speck. Then I would listen to my favorite sonata or my favorite symphony listening carefully for all of the different parts and how they work together. It is great fun. I hope that reading the following will inspire you to read other things on the same subject and follow my example. You will be surprised at how much more you will enjoy your favorite pieces.
I added Serenades and Divertimentos, Fantasias and Rhapsodies,Tone Poems or Symphonic Poems, Art Songs on this page.
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