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Analytical Variations – Eight Critical Essays on Applied Music Theory

Bengt Edlund author Nico Schüler editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:29th Jan '20

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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.

ISBN: 9783631770658

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 852g

616 pages

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