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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"serial music"”.
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Musical Forces in the Serial Music of Igor Stravinsky
… describes the potential to analyze atonal music through the lens of musical forces. These musical forces are phenomenological sensations listeners experience, akin to physical forces felt in daily life. Larson (2012) categorizes and explains these forces as gravity, magnetism, and inertia, …
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An analysis of transformation procedures in Gyorgy Ligeti's String Quartet No. 2
… in 1957 gave him his first chance to study serial music firsthand. After a brief period of reflection he decided that serialism was not for him, but the insights gained from his examination of it, as well as his new experiences in electronic music, enabled him to develop a uniquely …
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An analysis of Joan Tower's solo keyboard works.
… into two periods. In the first period, 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 …
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Labyrinthos
… is discussed as a general problem in graphics, music, film/video, landscape architecture and architecture. This discussion serves to introduce the primary sources which motivate the design of the labyrinth. These sources contribute to an interest in the definition of paths, pattern, and …
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Symphony #2 and A Critical Appraisal of Helmut Lachenmann's Writings and Music
… is an original composition: Symphony No. 2. This serial work attempts to use both tempo and texture as compositionally viable parameters, along with pitch and rhythm. The piece is divided into four uninterrupted movements. The first movement establishes a pointillist texture as a reference sound …
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Jonathan Harvey's string quartets
This study examines Jonathan Harvey’s core musical processes and spiritual background through his four string quartets—No. 1 (1977), No. 2 (1988), No. 3 (1995), and No. 4 (2003). The paper surveys Harvey’s eclectic background in religion and musical education, and several trends with which he is …