Beyond Orpheus: Studies in Musical Structure - Couverture souple

Epstein, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0193151502 ISBN 13 : 9780193151505

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1987

Synopsis

How do we explain the musical as well as psychological feeling of unity sensed in the great instrumental and orchestral works of Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann, and Brahms? Given, for example, a sonata-form movement from the piano sonatas of Mozart, why can we not substitute it in themes from others of these sonatas? Why can we not alter the given sequence of themes within the same work? David Epstein devotes part of this book to a review of theories of musical structure, notably those of Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg, and he pays particular attention to Schoenberg's idea of the Grundgestalt or Basic Shape, the fundamental concept underlying a musical work. The remaining chapters are devoted to an application of this concept to the various elements of musical language and to close analysis of representative works of the period. Readership: advanced first-degree and graduate music students; music analysts and theorists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0193151502
• ISBN 13: 9780193151505
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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