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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827774003321

Titolo

Analyzing the music of living composers (and others) / / edited by Jack Boss [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom : , : Cambridge Scholars, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-6471-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

780.9

Soggetti

Musical analysis - History - 20th century

Musical analysis - History - 21st century

Music - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Edited by: Jack Boss, Brad Osborn, Tim S. Pack and Stephen Rodgers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART I: PROCESS IN THE MUSIC OF LIVING COMPOSERS; INTRODUCTION TO PART I; CHAPTER ONE - MAKING THE MOST OF MINIMALISM; CHAPTER TWO - COHERENCE AND COMPREHENSIBILITY IN JOAN TOWER'S PURPLE RHAPSODY; CHAPTER THREE - GAMES, SIMPLICITY, AND TREES; CHAPTER FOUR - AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSIC OF WILLEM CEULEERS; PART II: THE TONAL TRADITION; INTRODUCTION TO PART II; CHAPTER FIVE - HARMONY AND THE MYTH OF NARCISSUS IN SCHUBERT'S ""DU LIEBST MICH NICHT""; CHAPTER SIX - MAHLER'S MUSICAL IDEA; CHAPTER SEVEN - DEBUSSY'S UNTERBRECHUNG; PART III: POP MUSIC AND BEYOND

INTRODUCTION TO PART III CHAPTER EIGHT - WHEN POP STARS COLLIDE; CHAPTER NINE - GROOVE TOPICS IN IMPROVISED JAZZ; CHAPTER TEN - THE MUSIC OF MARIO, LINK, AND SAMUS; CHAPTER ELEVEN - HEARING HEIMA; PART IV: MUSICAL GEOMETRY AND TEMPORAL STRUCTURING; INTRODUCTION TO PART IV; CHAPTER TWELVE - SERIAL N-CUBES; CHAPTER THIRTEEN - TEMPORAL STRUCTURING IN COLIN MATTHEWS'S ELEVEN STUDIES [INVENTIONS] IN VELOCITY; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Analyzing the Music of Living Composers (and Others) is a collection of essays that grew out of the 2010 annual meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis. The stated purpose was to



apply traditional music-analytic techniques, as well as new, innovative techniques, to describing the music of composers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The goal was to take steps toward making the music of our time a bit less impenetrable for our colleagues, students and other li...