An Analysis of the Composition Process of Bartók's Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20

This is a study of Bartók's compositional process as it relates to the Improvisations, Op. 20. The study, which focuses on the analysis of the draft manuscript 50PS1, compares the draft and other relevant sources with the final composition. Bartók's framework for the entire Improvisations is based on a compositional strategy of pairing individual improvisations combined with systematic revision of the draft copy by the introduction of tritones as tonal equivalents and movement by fifths from semitones, to achieve structural coherence in the individual improvisations. The tonic-dominant relationship is used to rearrange the individual improvisations in the draft and tritones as tonal equivalents are used to propel the movement between the improvisations to produce a coherent whole.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Kochbeck, Olivia M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Phipps, Graham Howard
• Dworak, Paul E., 1951-
• Bush, Deanna D.

• Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Rögtönzések magyar parasztdalokra.
• tritones
• Bartok
• compositional strategy
• archival studies
• compositional process

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• Use restricted to UNT Community
• Copyright
• Kochbeck, Olivia M.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47290843
untcat: b2303080
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