In Episode 13of the Art of Composing Podcast, I talk to William Caplin, author of two of my favorite books on form and music theory in general. This is a great interview where we go into all sorts of What is in this episode: * What is form? * How did great composers like Beethoven actually think about form? * How can you apply it to your own compositions? Support the Podcast! Click Here to go to Jon's Patreon page, and support the podcast! http://patreon.com/artofcomposing About William Caplin William Caplin is the James McGill Professor of Music Theory at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is author of two of my favorite books, Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions for the Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, which won the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory, and the more recently published, Analyzing Classical Form: An Approach For the Classroom. Dr. Caplin studied Music Composition at the University of...