Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations

Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations
Title Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations PDF eBook
Author David Lewin
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 291
Release 2011
Genre Music
ISBN 0199759944

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Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations is by far the most significant contribution to the field of systematic music theory in the last half-century, generating the framework for the "transformational theory" movement.

Musical Form and Transformation

Musical Form and Transformation
Title Musical Form and Transformation PDF eBook
Author David Lewin
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 185
Release 2010-11-30
Genre Music
ISBN 019989020X

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Distinguished music theorist and composer David Lewin (1933-2003) applies the conceptual framework he developed in his earlier, innovative Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations to the varied repertoire of the twentieth century in this stimulating and illustrative book. Analyzing the diverse compositions of four canonical composers--Simbolo from Dallapiccola's Quaderno musicale di Annalibera ; Stockhausen's Klavierstuck III ; Webern's Op. 10, No. 4; and Debussy's Feux d'articifice --Lewin brings forth structures which he calls "transformational networks" to reveal interesting and suggestive aspects of the music. In this complementary work, Lewin stimulates thought about the general methodology of musical analysis and issues of large-scale form as they relate to transformational analytic structuring. Musical Form and Transformation , first published in 1993 by Yale University Press, was the recipient of an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award.

Abstract Musical Intervals

Abstract Musical Intervals
Title Abstract Musical Intervals PDF eBook
Author Ming Tsao
Publisher Lulu.com
Pages 172
Release 2007
Genre Music
ISBN 1430308354

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This book is an introduction to GIS (Generalized Interval Systems) theory that includes the major results of pitch-class theory. It provides mathematicians with applications of group theory to music and music theorists with the essential connections between GIS theory and pitch-class theory. Many of the results in pitch-class theory are not addressed by David Lewin (such as power functions or the Common Tone Theorem for inversions). The book states those results and generalizes them to conform with GIS theory. Finally, it addresses recent criticisms leveled at pitch-class theory and suggests how they can be addressed in GIS theory.

Tonality and Transformation

Tonality and Transformation
Title Tonality and Transformation PDF eBook
Author Steven Rings
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 270
Release 2011-06-10
Genre Music
ISBN 019991320X

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Tonality and Transformation is a groundbreaking study in the analysis of tonal music. Focusing on the listener's experience, author Steven Rings employs transformational music theory to illuminate diverse aspects of tonal hearing - from the infusion of sounding pitches with familiar tonal qualities to sensations of directedness and attraction. In the process, Rings introduces a host of new analytical techniques for the study of the tonal repertory, demonstrating their application in vivid interpretive set pieces on music from Bach to Mahler. The analyses place the book's novel techniques in dialogue with existing tonal methodologies, such as Schenkerian theory, avoiding partisan debate in favor of a methodologically careful, pluralistic approach. Rings also engages neo-Riemannian theory-a popular branch of transformational thought focused on chromatic harmony-reanimating its basic operations with tonal dynamism and bringing them into closer rapprochement with traditional tonal concepts. Written in a direct and engaging style, with lively prose and plain-English descriptions of all technical ideas, Tonality and Transformation balances theoretical substance with accessibility: it will appeal to both specialists and non-specialists. It is a particularly attractive volume for those new to transformational theory: in addition to its original theoretical content, the book offers an excellent introduction to transformational thought, including a chapter that outlines the theory's conceptual foundations and formal apparatus, as well as a glossary of common technical terms. A contribution to our understanding of tonal phenomenology and a landmark in the analytical application of transformational techniques, Tonality and Transformation is an indispensible work of music theory.

The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Riemannian Music Theories

The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Riemannian Music Theories
Title The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Riemannian Music Theories PDF eBook
Author Edward Gollin
Publisher OUP USA
Pages 628
Release 2011-12-22
Genre Music
ISBN 0195321332

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In recent years neo-Riemannian theory has established itself as the leading approach of our time, and has proven particularly adept at explaining features of chromatic music. The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Riemannian Music Theories assembles an international group of leading music theory scholars in an exploration of the music-analytical, theoretical, and historical aspects of this new field.

Studies in Music with Text

Studies in Music with Text
Title Studies in Music with Text PDF eBook
Author David Lewin
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 423
Release 2006-01-05
Genre Music
ISBN 0198040180

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Throughout his career, David Lewin labored to make even the most abstract theory speak to the experience of the ordinary listener. This book combines many of Lewin's classic articles on song and opera with newly drafted chapters on songs of Brahms, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Milton Babbitt. Bound together by Lewin's cogent insight, the resulting collection constitutes a major statement concerning the methodological problems associated with interpretation of texted music.

A Geometry of Music

A Geometry of Music
Title A Geometry of Music PDF eBook
Author Dmitri Tymoczko
Publisher OUP USA
Pages 469
Release 2011-03-21
Genre Mathematics
ISBN 0195336674

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In this groundbreaking book, Tymoczko uses contemporary geometry to provide a new framework for thinking about music, one that emphasizes the commonalities among styles from Medieval polyphony to contemporary jazz.