Bar form
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For the electronics form factor, see Bar (form).
The Bar form is an old musical form in which each stanza follows the pattern AAB. It is named after the medieval poetic form known as Bar in German. Such a poem contains three stanzas (or more), and each stanza is in AAB form, composed of two Stollen followed by an Abgesang. The musical form thus contains two repetitions of one melody (Stollen - 'stanzas') followed by a melody (Abgesang - 'aftersong'). The Abgesang may incorporate portions of Stollen phrase.
The minnesingers of the 12th to 14th century in Germany wrote songs in this form, and Lutheran chorales of Music, entries on Bar form and minnesingers. (ISBN 0-674-37471-1)
- Encyclopædia Britannica (2005), article on Bar form. [1]
- A History of Western Music by Donald Grout (ISBN 0-393-09416-2)
