Classical Form - Wood Woodpecker's theme

[jlmap]

I'm reading William Caplan's book on Analysing Classical Form. It occured to me that theme from the old cartoon Woods Woodpecker is in rounded binary form. But the first phrase of the A section ends on a PAC and the second phrase ends on a HC. Part B is a clear continuation, followed by a return of the material of part A.
What I find weird is that the first phrase ends on PAC and the second ends on HC. Caplin does not mention this possibility. It makes perfect sense to me, as the HC seems to demand the continuation. Is my analysis correct?  Are there other examples of this procedure, from the classical repertoire?

[jlmap]

For those interested in the question, I've found the answer. It is a "reverse period" in Caplin's terminology (319 of his book), or an "antiperiod" in James Webster terminology. An example from the classical repertoire would be Haydn's String Quartet in C Major, Op. 1, no. 6, first movement.

You can read more here:
https://www.academia.edu/44685455/An_Alternative_Formal_Function_James_Webster_s_Antiperiod_and_Mid_to_Late_18th_Century_Thematic_Design

[anacrusis]

What is a PAC and a HC?

[jlmap]

HC: half-cadence.
PAC: Perfect Authentic Cadence

[anacrusis]

That makes sense. I don't think PAC and HC are established terminology, so it's better to use the full words

[perfect_pitch]

That makes sense. I don't think PAC and HC are established terminology, so it's better to use the full words

I don't even think Half-cadence and Perfect Authentic cadence are even established terminology. What the hell is a half-cadence???

I know of Perfect, Plagal, interrupted and Imperfect cadences.

[anacrusis]

I don't even think Half-cadence and Perfect Authentic cadence are even established terminology. What the hell is a half-cadence???

I know of Perfect, Plagal, interrupted and Imperfect cadences.

My language has an equivalent which refers to a cadence which stops on the dominant and never goes to the tonic. So like something like a phrase in C major that ends on a chord build on GCE followed by GBD and then continues, never actually "landing" on C major.

[brogers70]

I don't even think Half-cadence and Perfect Authentic cadence are even established terminology. What the hell is a half-cadence???

I know of Perfect, Plagal, interrupted and Imperfect cadences.

A half cadence occurs when a phrase ends on the dominant. A perfect authentic cadence is a V-I cadence in which both chords are in root position. Both terms are common in music theory and harmony texts.

[jlmap]

As for the form of the Wood Woodpecker's theme, I'm now listening the repetition that ends on a HC not as an "inverted" antecedent, but as a transition. I think that is what Caplin would say.