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Analytical Variations - Eight Critical Essays on Applied Music Theory
by Nico Schüler and Bengt Edlund
Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9783631770658
- ISBN-10: 3631770650
- Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
- Publish Date: January 2020
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
- Page Count: 616
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