A guide to musical analysis / Nicholas Cook.
| Author/creator |
Cook, Nicholas, 1950- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : G. Braziller, 1987. |
| Description | 376 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Part one: Analytical methods -- Traditional methods of analysis -- Schenkerian analysis -- Psychological approaches to analysis. What is meant by a psychological approach? ; Leonard Meyer ; Rudolph Reti -- Formal approaches to analysis. What is meant by a "formal approach?" ; Set-theoretical analysis ; Semiotic analysis -- Techniques of comparative analysis -- What does musical analysis tell us? -- Part two: Worked examples of analysis -- Starting an analysis. Schumann, "Auf einer Berg" (from Liederkreis) ; Canticle [Plainchant]: Song of Simeon ; Britten, "Pan" (from Six Metamorphoses after Ovid) -- Analyzing music in sonata form. Beethoven, Piano sonata op. 49 no. 2 (first movement) ; Beethoven, String quartet op. 18 no. 2 (first movement) ; Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 (first movement) ; Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique (first movement) -- Analyzing serial music. Webern, Piano piece (op. posth.) ; Webern, Piano variations (first movement) ; Stravinsky, Movements for piano orchestra, no. 4 ; Schoenberg, Piano piece, op. 33a -- Some problem pieces. Chopin, Polonaise-fantaisie ; Schoenberg, Six little piano pieces, op. 19 no. 3 ; Stockhausen, Klavierstuck III ; Stockhausen, Stimmung. |
| Abstract | In this extremely practical introduction to musical analysis, the author explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces, seeking the answers mainly in the formal and harmonic structure of individual compositions. The text is divided into two parts: Part One deals with the most important analytical methods current in the English-speaking world, treating each in turn. They are presented method by method because each one involves a characteristic set of beliefs and it is important to identify those beliefs in order to avoid applying inappropriate techniques that produce irrelevant data. The question of how you decide what method to adopt is addressed in the second part of the book, in which given compositions rather than given analytical methods form the starting point. The analyses in this section are each designed to highlight a different aspect of analytical procedure. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 87000727 |
| ISBN | 0807611727 : |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | MT6.C775 G8 1987 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Music | Music Stacks | MT6.C775 G8 1987 | ✔ Available | Place Hold | |
| Music | Music Stacks | MT6.C775 G8 1987 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |