A Theory of Music Analysis: On Segmentation and Associative Organization Contributor(s): Hanninen, Dora A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580465897 ISBN-13: 9781580465892 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Science | History - Music | Instruction & Study - Theory |
Dewey: 781 |
Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6" W x 9" (1.74 lbs) 542 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book introduces a theory of music analysis that one can use to explore aspects of segmentation and associative organization in a wide range of repertoire including Western classical music from the Baroque to the present, with potential applications to jazz and popular music, and some non-Western musics. Rather than a methodology, the theory provides analysts with precise language and a broad, flexible conceptual framework through which they can formulate and investigate questions of interest and develop their own interpretations of individual pieces and passages. The theory begins with a basic distinction among three domains of musical experience and discourse about it: the sonic (psychoacoustic); the contextual (or associative, sparked by varying degrees of repetition); and the structural (guided by a specific theory of musical structure or syntax invoked by the analyst). A comprehensive presentation of the theory, with copious musical illustrations, is balanced with close analyses of works by Beethoven, Debussy, Nancarrow, Riley, Feldman, and Morris |