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Analytical variations - eight critical essays on applied music theory [electronic resource] / Bengt Edlund

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Edlund, Bengt
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Critical essays on applied music theory and Eight critical essays on applied music theory
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New York : Peter Lang, 2019.
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"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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9783631797976 (ebook)
9783631797983 (epub)
9783631797990 (mobi)
9783631770658 (hardcover)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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