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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Twelve-Tone"”.
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Twelve-Tone Identity: Adorno Reading Schoenberg through Kant
Theodor Adorno’s view of Arnold Schoenberg can be seen in light of his criticism of Immanuel Kant. Critiquing Kant’s concept of Enlightenment and his dualist philosophy, Adorno also critiques common misconceptions about Kant's work in bourgeois society. Similarly, in Schoenberg's oeuvre Adorno …
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Twelve-tone Techniques in a Work for Guitar by Milton Babbitt
<p>For Milton Babbitt, twelve-tone techniques are indispensible in the compositional process. One of his works for guitar, entitled Sheer Pluck (Composition for Guitar), is a remarkable exemplar of such techniques, yet is largely overlooked in the analytical literature. Babbitt's piece utilizes an …
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Aspects of Pitch Emphasis in Some Twelve-Tone Works of Arnold Schoenberg.(with Original Composition) 'Divisions for Small Orchestra'
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1. Variation as formal design and twelve-tone procedure in the 'Third String Quartet' by Arnold Schoenberg. 2. Fantasy Variations (original composition)
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12 Degrees of Alienation: A Socio-Political Exploration of Hanns Eisler's Use of the Twelve-Tone Method during Exile (1938-1948)
… prominent students and a master of his twelve-tone technique, is arguably one of the most important composers of the twentieth century. However, Eisler’s contribution to modern music in both Germany and North America has been, until recently, overshadowed by political controversy. It is …
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The Effects of Persuasive Communication, Persuasive Communication With Group Discussion, and Persuasive Communication With Role-Playing on Changing The Attitude of Freshman and Sophomore Music Majors Toward Twelve-Tone Music
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Peter Lieberson's First Piano Concerto: A Buddhist-inspired poetic vision realized through twelve-tone language, other contemporary compositional techniques, together with three recitals of works by Bach, Chopin, Mozart, Albéniz, Grieg, Ginastera and Paderecki
… Concerto, in terms of the application of twelve-tone theory and the resulting octatonic, pentatonic, and whole-tone scales. Chapter IV introduces a general overview of the influence of Buddhism as a source of inspiration in the Piano Concerto. Chapter V examines aspects of performance …
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Jishin
… written for full orchestra, based on a twelve-tone row. The twelve-tone row is structured such that it contains only two musical intervals (perfect 5 th , major 3 rd ). Due to the nature of the row, various transpositions of the row can be used to form what seems to be a never ending …
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An analytical study of selected chamber works
… to move away from tonality, until 1936, when his twelve-tone technique had been firmly established.
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Consonance, Tertian Structures and Tonal Coherence in Wladimir Vogel's Dodecaphonic World
Wladimir Vogel's (1896-1984) interest in twelve-tone composition began to develop in 1936 after hearing a series of lectures by Willi Reich, a music critic and supporter of the new music of the Second Viennese School. The transition for Vogel from a large-scale orchestral “classical” style, …
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Op. 34: Evidence of Arnold Schoenberg's Musikalische Gedanke
… on the Gedanke principle for his atonal and twelve-tone repertoires. This study reevaluates Schoenberg's compositional philosophy and aesthetics including Gedanke, comprehensibility, Grundgestalt, and developing variation in light of his compositional practices in Begleitungsmusik zu einer …
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A construção do discurso musical de três estudantes na peça Dois Movimentos para Clarinete Solo, de Estercio Marquez Cunha
… of clarinet player musical discourse in a twelve-tone piece by a brazilian/goiano composer. It was intended to investigate how the clarinet player constructed their musical discourses in this post-tonal piece, understanding the meaning of the construction process of the musical discourse by …
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An analysis of Joan Tower's solo keyboard works.
… where serial music predominates, I discussed twelve-tone row forms and contemporary keyboard techniques as found in two works, Circles and Fantasia. In her second period, I discussed these characteristics: one movement structures, her organic approach to composition, and her use of motivic …
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Schoenberg's <i>"Phantasy"</i> Form
… mirror each other to create a paradigm of the twelve-tone system. This dissertation explores Schoenberg’s <em>Phantasy </em>as his fantasy four-part symmetrical ABB<sup>1</sup>A<sup>1</sup> design within a heroic form (albeit relatively short). This ABB<sup>1</sup>A<sup>1</sup> design …
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"Combination -Interval Cycles in Igor Stravinsky's ""Canticum Sacrum"""
… specifically the relationship between the two twelve-tone series employed in the middle three movements. Two disparate investigations eventually led to the formulation of a pair of ""ladder of thirds"" combination-interval cycles. The ""basic"" combination cycle is a straight chain of (0134) or …
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The Tradition of Microtonal Guitar on the American West Coast
… generations of composers to work outside of twelve-tone equal temperament (12tet). This project begins by examining the early trailblazers of music education and composition in California who sought to rearticulate the fundamentals of music. Two substantial sources that influenced new musical …
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The Oboe Works of Isang Yun
… traditional music, Yun's treatment of musical tones as living entities developed into a practice he called Hauptton technique. Adeptly fusing this technique with European twelve-tone procedure, Yun produced music of great intensity and richness. Works examined in detail include: Piri (1971); …
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Claude Debussy: Harmonic Innovations in Historical and Musical Context
… atonal application in the creation of the twelve-tone method, other composers forged toward alternatives by creatively reshaping tonality. Claude Debussy (1862-1918) developed a new treatment of tonality that would remove "the fixed need for chordal or intervallic resolution, this open …
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Brightside for Orchestra
… are built from contrasting materials including twelve-tone collections and octatonic scales. I also used timbral contrast to enhance the form, reworking ideas from the Baroque concerto grosso. The ritornellos generally make use of the orchestral tutti and the episodes focus on particular …
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Concerto for violoncello and orchestra. (Original composition);
… of more fundamental importance than his famous twelve-tone technique. The Grundgestalt of the Concerto is represented by the motive C sharp - F sharp - C natural, with F sharp as the tonal center and a primary conflict existing between the tritone and perfect fifth "dominants."
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