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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"whole-tone"”.
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Ran, Shulamit: Concerto da Camera II, Analysis of Pitch and Formal Structure
… structure, 2) the manipulation of the notes of whole-tone, octatonic, and chromatic scales in octave displacement, 3) the potential combination of subsets that present different levels of pitch transformation in melodic and harmonic structure, and 4) the usage of intervals of minor seconds, …
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Beyond the Human Voice: Francis Poulenc's Psychological Drama La Voix humaine (1958)
… octatonicism, chromaticism, harmonic and melodic whole tone passages, and diatonicism. This late work recontextualizes elements in Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites (1953-56), and the end of the opera provides a theme for his Sonate pour Clarinet et Piano(1962), as Poulenc reflects on his …
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Heitor Villa-Lobos's Use of Indigenous Brazilian Musical Elements in the Sonata-Fantasia No. 2 for Violin and Piano
… groupings and combined these elements with whole-tone scales and chromatic passages in the principal themes of each movement. He developed the themes of the first and second movements through a distinct pattern of transposition. I argue that the use of these scalar passages and their …
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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 practice …
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A study of the Quintet for Piano and Strings by Richard Danielpour
… with the descriptive titles: “Annunciation,” “Atonement,” and “Apotheosis.” In general, the work shows many of the composer’s compositional characteristics such as references to traditional tonal language procedure, metaphysical ideas (developmental narratives), and rhythmic energy. The purpose …
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Crossroads of the Earth
… inhabit. The second section (mm.20-60) utilizes whole tone and octatonic tone clusters, along with abrupt shifts in dynamics and registers, conveying a sense of tension and crisis. This section suggests that human behaviors are gradually leading to a series of detrimental consequences in our …
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Talent and Technique: George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and John Paul II's Mayday 1984 Address to New York Gay and Lesbian Socialists' League at Cooper Union's Great Hall (Transcribed into Verse from Unauthorized French and Italian Versions of the Official Soviet Translation of the Polish Original by Norman MacAfee) for Tenor Solo, Chorus (SATB), and Eight Players
… and, in the background, the unfolding of a tritone as the boundary of a tonic that is <em>both</em> B-flat major-minor and a whole-tone collection. Since Gershwin was mostly untrained at the time and the <em>Rhapsody</em> was his first large work, the question arises as to how he was able to …
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"Between the Staves" - Adaptations of Debussy's Six épigraphes antiques and Creative Tasks of the Performer
… symmetrical and structural moulds, such as the whole-tone, chromatic, octatonic, and mirroring techniques reflect the omnipresent symmetry of Classical Greece. Various other artistic creations emanated from the Épigraphes, most significantly the orchestration of Ernest Ansermet in 1939. A look …
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Tonality And Atonality In Alban Berg's Four Songs, Op2 (austria)
… of the tonal and atonal implications of whole-tone materials.
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Antumbra - Concerto for Classical Guitar and Chamber Orchestra
… transposition,’ such as the octatonic and whole-tone scales, whose spiraling nature is reflective of the psychological sensations of depression, mesmerization, and hysteria. These modes are counter-balanced with the more resonant major and minor pentatonic modes, which symbolize peace and …
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Works for Violin and Piano by French Composers, 1870-1950
… sophisticated colors and delicate patterns of tones with perfect clarity of texture and form. Claude Debussy and Francis Poulenc illustrate Impressionism by using of unresolved dissonance and uncommon scales such as whole tone, modal and pentatonic. The music evokes moods and atmospheres …
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Towards a performance of Scriabin's Sonata No. 6, Op. 62: a practice-led exploration
… society – led to experimentation with octatonic, whole-tone and bi-tonal harmonic and melodic patterns, most clearly demonstrated in the formation of the mystic chord. The extra-musical significance of these sonic explorations are related by Scriabin in the unusual descriptions found in the scores …
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From the Shadows: a Collection of Flute Music by Living Black American Composers
… chords, extended techniques, whole tone scales, syncopation, modes, progressions, and simplicity--are more familiar and, in response turn, more appealing to younger musicians. There are also connections to traditional Western music such as form (sonata, rondo, theme and & …
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The ritus canendi vetustissimus et novus of Johannes Legrense: a critical edition with translation, introduction and notes on the text
… and in particular his equal division of the whole tone and his ensuing chromaticisms. The views of modern commentators on Johannes' standpoint are also here discussed. 2. The Introduction also portrays Johannes as part of that spirit of enquiry which characterized Renaissance humanism, for he …
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"Combination -Interval Cycles in Igor Stravinsky's ""Canticum Sacrum"""
… 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 (0235) …
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Computer recognition of musical instruments : an examination of within class classification
… time, to represent the evolution of each musical tone. A trajectory path, a plot of frequencies over time for each tone, was used to represent the evolution of each tone. This is achieved by taking a sequence of samples from the initial waveform and applying the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) or …
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Historic case studies reflecting sources of change in the theory of musical scales and modes in the West
… on Debussy concentrates on his use of the whole-tone scale, in particular the evidences of its systematic application and the possibility of its functioning as a musical symbol. Messiaen has installed "mode" as a central category in his musical thought. The lengthy case-study devoted to him …