| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 332 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in music theory
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Oxford studies in music theory.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Combining historical music theory with the cognitive study of music, this book traces metric manipulations and strategies in Haydn and Mozart's string chamber music from 1787 to 1791. Her analyses shed light on this repertoire and redefine the role of meter and rhythm in Classical music. |
| Contents |
Introduction; Note on Terminology, Language, and Musical Examples; 1 Musical Meter between Composition and Perception; 1.1 The Concept of Meter in the Late Eighteenth Century; 1.2 The Revival of the Hierarchical Concept of Meter in the Twentieth Century; 1.3 Toward a Dynamic Model of Meter; 1.4 Borrowing from a Different Model; 2 Finding Meter; 2.1 Statistical Parameters; 2.2 Harmony; 2.3 Streaming and the Role of Bass; 2.4 Cadence (Structural Accent); 3 Sustaining Meter-Challenging Meter; 3.1 Metrum and Regularity of Beats; 3.2 Missing Beats; 3.3 General Pauses; 3.4 Fermatas. |
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3.5 Syncopations4 Changing Meter I: Change of Period; 4.1 Imbroglio; 4.2 Submetrical Dissonance; 4.3 Hemiola; 5 Changing Meter II: Change of Phase; 5.1 Chains of Rhythmical Dissonances; 5.2 Other Parameters in Displacement Dissonances; 5.3 Imitation; 5.4 Ligaturae, Retardation, Anticipation; 5.5 Syncopated Accompaniment; 5.6 A Remark on Subliminal Dissonances; 6 Changing Meter III: Change of Tactus; 6.1 Changes of Taktteile in Compound Meters; 6.2 Changes of Taktteile in Double Measures; 6.3 Perceptual Factors; 6.4 Taktteile and the Tactus; 7 Analyses of Long-Range Metrical Strategies. |
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7.1 Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50 No. 2, First Movement7.2 Haydn, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2, Finale; 8 Wit, Comedy, and Metric Manipulations in Haydn's and Mozart's Personal Styles; 8.1 Haydn; 8.2 Mozart; 8.3 Haydn's Earlier and Later String Quartets; 8.4 Inconclusive Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Compositions; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. |
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Chamber music -- 18th century -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Chamber music. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Chamber music -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Musical meter and rhythm.
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Musical meter and rhythm. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version 9780195384925 |
| ISBN |
0199852553 (ebook) |
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9780199852550 (ebook) |
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9780199738281 |
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0199738289 |
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