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Musical Variation Toward a Transformational Perspective

This book offers an in-depth analysis of musical variation through a systematic approach, heavily influenced by the principles of Grundgestalt and developed variations, both created by the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951). The author introduces a new transformational-derivative model...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Almada, Carlos de Lemos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Computational Music Science
Subjects:
Mathematics In Music
Music—mathematics
Applications Of Mathematics
Mathematics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part. I. Decontextualized Variation
  • Chapter. 1. Basic concepts
  • Chapter. 2. Decomposable variation
  • Chapter. 3. Measurement of similarity
  • Chapter. 4. Transformational operations
  • Chapter. 5. Measurement of similarity
  • Part II. Variation on time
  • Chapter. 6. Grundgestalt
  • Chapter. 7. Developing variation
  • Part III. Analysis: Brahms –Intermezzo in A Major Op.118/2
  • Chapter. 8. Formal, harmonic, and metric structure
  • Chapter. 9. Derivative analysis
  • Afterword
  • Further Reading
  • Part. IV. Appendices
  • Appendix A. Variation in non-tonal contexts
  • Appendix B. MDA
  • Appendix. C. Algorithms

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