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Music Theory operates with a number of fundamental terms that are rarely explored in detail. This book offers in-depth reflections on key concepts from a range of philosophical and critical approaches that reflect the diversity of the contemporary music theory landscape.
Table des matières
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1. Pitch, Tone, and Note
- Bryan Parkhurst, Stephan Hammel
- 2. Interval
- Henry Klumpenhouwer
- 3. Mode
- Susan McClary
- 4. Scale
- Matthew Gelbart
- 5. Tonic
- Steven Rings
- 6. Timbre
- David Blake
- 7. Texture
- Jonathan De Souza
- 8. Repetition
- Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis
- 9. Meter
- Richard Cohn
- 10. Temporalities
- Martin Scherzinger
- 11. Groove
- Guilherme Schmidt Camara, Anne Danielsen
- 12. Phrase
- Janet Schmalfeldt
- 13. Music's Moving Form
- Daniel Grimley
- 14. Expressive Timing
- Mitch Ohriner
- 15. Melody
- David Trippett
- 16. Consonance and Dissonance
- Alexander Rehding
- 17. Tonal Harmony
- Ian Quinn
- 18. Key and Modulation
- Suzannah Clark
- 19. Cadence
- Daniel Harrison
- 20. Sequence
- Naomi Waltham-Smith
- 21. Polyphony
- Michael Tenzer
- 22. Musical Grammar
- Robert O. Gjerdingen
- 23. Beneath Improvisation
- Vijay Iyer
- 24. Analytical Relationships
- Marion Guck
- 25. Images, Visualization, and Representation
- Dora Hanninen
- 26. What is Music, Anyway?
- Andrew Bowie
- Index
A propos de l'auteur
Alexander Rehding teaches music theory at Harvard University. He specializes in the music of the nineteenth century, history of music theory, and media theory. His publications include Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought (2003), Music and Monumentality (2009), and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (2017). He is editor-in-chief of the Oxford Handbooks Online in Music and series editor for a six-volume Cultural History of Music.
Steven Rings teaches music theory at the University of Chicago. His research ranges from transformational theory to studies of the popular singing voice. His book Tonality and Transformation received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Music Theory, and his article "A Foreign Sound to Your Ear: Bob Dylan Performs 'It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding),' 1964-2009" received the Outstanding Publication Award from the SMT's Popular Music Interest Group. He is Series Editor of Oxford Studies in Music Theory.
Résumé
Music Theory operates with a number of fundamental terms that are rarely explored in detail. This book offers in-depth reflections on key concepts from a range of philosophical and critical approaches that reflect the diversity of the contemporary music theory landscape.
Texte suppl.
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