| Series |
Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 7
Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 7. ^A231525
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| Contents |
The musical experience -- Idea and design. Principles. Musical idea and sound design -- Harmonic rhythm -- The nature of musical idea -- Definitions of musical form -- Musical idea in masterworks of earlier historical periods -- Harmony as triad -- Other musical elements -- Dodecaphony and pitch stasis in a design aesthetic. History. Evolution of dodecaphony and design aesthetic -- The machine and "why" -- Documentation of transition -- Variable harmonic rhythm -- Definitions. Pitch stasis and surface patterning in the design aesthetic -- Contrast of function and sonorous effect -- Varese -- Varese and Cage: aleatoric effect on textural design -- Musical idea and the dramatic narrative. History. Textural evolution of the orchestra in western musical culture -- The orchestra as institution and other instrumental practices -- Principles. Pitch insignificance -- Figurational patterning -- Human memory and experience recall -- A, A', B phraseology -- The infinite potential number and range of idea -- Tonality and modality problems. Pitch-relevant theories: Schenker -- Pitch-relevant theories: Hindemith -- Pitch-relevant theories: Harris -- Pitch-relevant theories: Bartok -- Musical idea and organic form. Principles. Phraseology and dramatic inference -- Conclusions. Definitions. Drama unleashed: chromatic inflection or twelve autonomous pitches to the octave -- Dramatic scenarios as musical form -- Collaborative art -- The infinite dramatic universe of idea in a single medium -- The Hindemith theories: a revaluation of premise and purpose. |
| Abstract |
Proposing a reaffirmation, for musical composition, of imaginative figurational invention as idea within expressive harmonic syntax, this text challenges the tendency in 20th-century music toward systematization and process affording only textural values. |
| Bibliography note | Includes indexes. |
| LCCN | 88009466 |
| ISBN | 0889464324 |
