MELODY:

 

Here are two youtube videos of parrots singing the Queen of the Night aria from the Magic Flute:  One. Two.   Human.

 

 

MUSICAL FORMS

 

Hearing the same melody despite variations:

 

Theme and variations:  A AÕ  AÕÕ AÕÕÕ AÕÕÕÕÉ

Classical music:

               Mozart: 12 variations on ÒAh, vous dirais-je, maman.Ó         

               Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major KV 331, 1st movement.

 

Variations on a theme in Jazz:

               Billie Holiday singing Blue Moon.

               Stephane Grappelli playing Blue Moon with jazz violin.

 

               Edith Piaf singing Autumn leaves

               Jazz rendition of Autumn Leaves:  Chet Baker – Paul Desmond.

 

 

Other classical forms with some repetitions of a theme:

 

Rondo:  A B C B D BÉ

               Mozart Piano Sontata no. 11 in A major KV 331, 3rd movement (Turkish March). 1778,

               Debussy:  Reflets dans lÕeau.  1905.

 

 

Sonata form.

               Youtube:  Dr. Alan Kinningham (go on to all seven episodes)