The musical language of Berlioz
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The musical language of Berlioz
(Cambridge studies in music)
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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"This digitally printed version 2008"--T. p. verso
Includes bibliographical references(p. 293-296) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book is an analytical and critical study of Berlioz's unique musical style. It does not undertake to analyse all his works, but rather to separate characteristic elements and observe them in action. Berlioz's writings and those of his critics are called upon to help focus the discussion. Part I includes material on the sources of Berlioz's idiosyncrasy and a discussion of fundamental pitch elements. Part II pursues this discussion into textural, contrapuntal and orchestral features, and considers melody and rhythm. Part III deals with whole musical forms, vocal and instrumental. The book includes copious musical illustration, much of it analytical reduction, and the expressive purpose of the features analysed is fully considered. The conclusion is that Berlioz's musical language is inescapably peculiar, though not necessarily inept; features which seem inexplicable in the light of compositional theory nearly always contribute to the musical and expressive exactness of communication.
Table of Contents
- Part I: 1. Background and education (I): 2. Concerning method and style
- 3. Concerning pitch (I): chord and progression
- 4. Concerning pitch (2): chromaticism, tonal relations, and modality
- 5. Education (2): concerning Catel, the guitar, and works of the 1820s
- Part II: 6. Concerning instrumentation
- 7. Concerning the bass
- 8. Concerning counterpoint, pedal, and fugue
- 9. Concerning rhythm
- 10. Melody
- Part III: 11. Vocal forms: Satz and Ursatz
- 12. Formal schemes in instrumental music
- 13. The Overture Benvenuto Cellini: an analysis
- 14. The figure and the background: Faust in La damnation 15. In Conclusion.
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