Chromatic Fourth During Four Centuries of Music - During Four Centuries of Music

Klappentext The "Chromatic Fourth" is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws on his extensive knowledge of the music of four centuries to investigate and analyze over 200 examples taken from composers ranging from Bach to Bartok, and from Schubert to Shostakovich. Zusammenfassung The `Chromatic Fourth' is a musical pattern of six notes moving by step up or down the scale. In this essentially practical study Peter Williams draws on his extensive knowledge of the music of four centuries to investigate and analyse over 200 examples taken from composers ranging from Bach to Bartók, and from Schubert to Shostakovich. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Madrigals, Songs, and Sacred Music 2: Pavanes and Fantasias 3: Laments and Operas 4: J.S. Bach 5: Handel to Haydn 6: Mozart 7: Beethoven 8: Pianists and Violinists 9: Nineteenth-Century Stage Music 10: Some Later Reminiscences Postscript List of References Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Peter Williams, Peter (Arts and Sciences Professor Williams
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 12.03.1998
• EAN: 9780198165637
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816563-7
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Oxford Monographs on Music; Oxford Monographs on Music
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Teoria musicale, didattica musicale; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Theory of music & musicology, Romanticism, baroque, Renaissance style, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830), Classical style, Romantic Music (C 1830 To C 1900), Art music, orchestral and formal music, Theory of music and musicology, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750), Medieval style