Analytical Variations – Eight Critical Essays on Applied Music Theory

Titel: Analytical Variations – Eight Critical Essays on Applied Music Theory
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Veröffentlicht: Bern : Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group, 2020
Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (616 p.)
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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Methodology of Music Research
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ISBN: 9783631797983 ; 9783631797990 ; 9783631770658
Zusammenfassung: This book gives a critical account of various methods used in music analysis. In the first chapter, a number of current approaches such as semiotics, musical implications, Schenkerian analysis, and generative theory are demonstrated on Mozart’s K. 331 theme. Five essays deal with important concepts in music analysis: ambiguity, formal proportions, and similarity within and between works. A further chapter provides a discussion of probability, kinship, and influence – decisive criteria when judging musical plagiarism. The last essay, studying a piece by Schubert, sifts the prospects of deciphering a composer’s sexual leanings from his music.