The revised edition of Stewart Macpherson's exhaustive guide to Form in Music.

With special reference to the designs of classical music and using a vast array of musical examples to illustrate his ideas, he analyses thevaried forms that have been fashionable, bound to society and culture through history.

From Concertos and Symphonies, to simple binary, sonata-forms and brief sketches; Macpherson passes on a wealth of information aboutthe development of forms and styles.