A theory of music analysis : on segmentation and associative organization
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A theory of music analysis : on segmentation and associative organization
(Eastman studies in music)
University of Rochester Press, 2017, c2012
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"First published 2012. Transferred to digital printing and reprinted in paperback 2017"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [489]-502) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A new theory of musical analysis from an award-winning author, with six detailed analyses of works from Beethoven to today.
This book introduces a theory of music analysis that one can use to explore aspects of segmentation and associative organization in a wide range of repertoire including Western classical music from the Baroque to the present, withpotential applications to jazz and popular music, and some non-Western musics. Rather than a methodology, the theory provides analysts with precise language and a broad, flexible conceptual framework through which they can formulate and investigate questions of interest and develop their own interpretations of individual pieces and passages. The theory begins with a basic distinction among three domains of musical experience and discourse about it: the sonic (psychoacoustic); the contextual (or associative, sparked by varying degrees of repetition); and the structural (guided by a specific theory of musical structure or syntax invoked by the analyst). A comprehensive presentationof the theory, with copious musical illustrations, is balanced with close analyses of works by Beethoven, Debussy, Nancarrow, Riley, Feldman, and Morris.
Dora A. Hanninen is professor of music theory at the Universityof Maryland. She received the 2010 Outstanding Publication Award from the Society for Music Theory.
Table of Contents
A Theory of Music Analysis
Orientations, Criteria, Segments
Associative Sets and Associative Organization
Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2, I
Debussy, "Harmonie du soir," Cinq poemes de Baudelaire, No. 2
Nancarrow, Study No. 37: Calibrated Canons, Changeable Landscapes
Riley, In C: Configurations and Landscape Studies of Select Plots
Feldman, Palais de Mari: Pattern and Design in a Changing Landscape
Morris, Nine Piano Pieces: Between Moment and Memory-Reflectionson and among the Nine
Further Considerations and Extended Applications
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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