A Dance of Polar Opposites - The Continuing Transformation of Our Musical Language

The renowned American composer George Rochberg (1918-2005) distilled a lifetime of insights about Western music across some three hundred years in A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of Our Musical Language.

Table des matières

Introduction by Jeremy Gill
The Morphology of Musical Language
Diatonic Asymmetry, Enharmonic Spelling, and Multidirectionality
Intimations of Circularity: Embryonic Circular Sets
More Evolved Circular Sets
Fully Evolved Circular Sets
The Harmonic Envelope
The Harmonic Field
The Tonal Field
The Shadow of Futurity
A New Circle of Fifths
Afterword
George Rochberg Archives
Celebrating George Rochberg's Eightieth Year
Notes
Bibliography
Index

A propos de l'auteur

George Rochberg, Jeremy Gill

Résumé

The renowned American composer George Rochberg (1918-2005) distilled a lifetime of insights about Western music across some three hundred years in A Dance of Polar Opposites: The Continuing Transformation of Our Musical Language.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeremy Gill, Dr Jeremy (Independent composer) Jeremy Gill, Jeremy Jeremy Gill, Jeremy (Customer) Jeremy Gill, George Rochberg
• Collaboration: Dr Jeremy (Independent composer) Jeremy Gill (Editeur), Jeremy Jeremy Gill (Editeur), Jeremy (Customer) Jeremy Gill (Editeur)
• Edition: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 10.07.2012
• EAN: 9781580464130
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-413-0
• Pages: 186
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 239 mm x 22 mm
• Poids: 490 g
• Illustrations: 1 b/w, 117 line illus.
• Thèmes: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Musique > Général, dictionnaires