Toward a Unified Whole: Allan Pettersson's Symphony No. 5.

The earlier symphonies of the 1950s embody a gradual realization of Pettersson’s own unique symphonic style, containing large-scale development, repetition, and reiteration. Symphony no. 5 takes these ideas to the extreme and represents the codification of techniques that are further developed in later symphonies. The present study examines the structure of the symphony from a voice-leading perspective. Included in this study is an analysis of the construction of the piece focusing on the development and expansion of motives that operate as structural determinants and the use of chromatic saturation to create intensity and direction. The use of linear analysis in a post-tonal context makes necessary a section devoted to explicating the graphic notation shown in the analysis and the analytical process of determining linear progressions.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Davis, Colin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Jackson, Timothy L.
• Slottow, Stephen
• Schwarz, David, 1952-

• symphonies
• linear analysis
• Swedish
• determinants
• Pettersson, Allan, 1911-1980. Symphonies. no. 5.

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Davis, Colin
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 212624652
untcat: b3381060
call-no: MT130.P48 D38 2007
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