1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910151930803321

Autore

Bachmann Karin

Titolo

Nächtlicher alleingang / / geschrieben von Karin Bachmann ; illustriert von Adrian Tobler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zürich, [Switzerland] : , : Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk, , 2004

©2002

ISBN

3-7269-0726-2

Edizione

[2. Auflage.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Disciplina

823.914

Soggetti

Magic

Ship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Titel; Copyright; Die Autorin; Kapitel; Rückseite



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910727267703321

Titolo

How Musical Rhythm Reveals Human Attitudes : An Annotated Translation by Nigel Nettheim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bern : , : Peter Lang AG International Academic Publishers, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

3-0343-4691-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 pages)

Collana

Varia Musicologica Series ; ; v.16.

Disciplina

781/.1

Soggetti

Art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface by the Translator -- An English Translation of Becking's Book -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I Personal Constants and Typology of Attitudes -- Chapter II National Attitudes and Views of Life -- Chapter III Historical Types. Periods of German Music History from Schütz to Wagner -- Table of Beating Figures ["Becking Curves"] for Chapter III -- Appendices -- A Annotations -- B The Origin and Reception of Becking's Book -- C Some Details of the Translation -- D Some Details of the Musical Examples -- E Additional Musical Examples -- F List of Paragraph Summaries -- Indices -- Composers of Musical Examples -- Tables -- Graphs of Beating Figures -- Names and Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the broadest significance of musical rhythm? Human attitudes to the world are reflected in it, according to Gustav Becking. Writing in the 1920s, Becking proposed a novel method of finding systematic differences of attitude between individual composers, between nations, and between historical time periods. He dealt throughout with Western classical music, from the period approximately 1600-1900. His method was to observe in fine detail the pattern of motion and pressure traced out by a small baton allowed to move in sympathy with a given musical excerpt. The various patterns arising for individual composers were represented graphically, and in that form became known as «Becking curves». Implications were touched upon in psychology, sociology and



philosophy. His thesis is now published in English translation from the original German for the first time, with many annotations.