Assignment for Wednesday, August 29

Please find an 8-bar sentence, preferably from Haydn, although you can also look in Mozart and Beethoven. Bring this phrase group with you to class Wednesday, either in a score or photocopy; write a Roman numeral analysis underneath and identify the parts of the sentence. Remember that some phrases are not really sentences or periods, but hybrids of both - steer clear of these for now, and make sure your phrase is really a sentence.

The parts of a sentence are as follows:

1. Presentation (consisting of a basic idea which is repeated; the b.i. can have one or more motives); 
2. Continuation (consisting of fragmentation of the basic idea, followed by a cadential idea).

Update: I don't want this assignment to be too difficult - if you find a period instead of a sentence, that's fine too. And it doesn't have to be exactly 8 bars. If you are having trouble with the assignment, please let me know! I don't want to overwhelm you on the first day of the class.