Keys to the Drama

Nine Perspectives on Sonata Forms

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music
Cover of the book Keys to the Drama by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317109235
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: April 22, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317109235
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: April 22, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation. It engages its audience by inviting prediction, association, and interpretation. That sonata form was the chief vehicle of dramatic instrumental music for nearly 200 years is due to the power, the universality, and the tonal and stylistic adaptability of its conception. This book presents nine studies whose central focus is sonata form. Their diversity attests both to the manifold analytical approaches to which the form responds, and to the vast range of musical possibility within the form's exemplars. At the same time, common compositional issues, analytical methods, and overarching perspectives on the essential nature of the form weave their way through the volume. Several of the essays approach the musical structure directly as drama, casting the work as an expression of its composer's engagement with an idea or principle that is dynamic and at times intensely difficult. Others concentrate their attention on a composer's use of "motive," which typically takes the form of a simple melodic span that shapes the musical architecture through an interdependent series of structural levels. Integrating these motivic threads within the musical fabric often warrants departures from formal norms in other areas. Analyses that seek to understand works with anomalous formal qualities-whether engendered by a motivic component or not-have a prominent place in the volume. Among these, accounts of idiosyncratic tonal discourse that threatens to undermine the unfolding of form-defining qualities or events are central.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Sonata form is fundamentally a dramatic structure that creates, manipulates, and ultimately satisfies expectation. It engages its audience by inviting prediction, association, and interpretation. That sonata form was the chief vehicle of dramatic instrumental music for nearly 200 years is due to the power, the universality, and the tonal and stylistic adaptability of its conception. This book presents nine studies whose central focus is sonata form. Their diversity attests both to the manifold analytical approaches to which the form responds, and to the vast range of musical possibility within the form's exemplars. At the same time, common compositional issues, analytical methods, and overarching perspectives on the essential nature of the form weave their way through the volume. Several of the essays approach the musical structure directly as drama, casting the work as an expression of its composer's engagement with an idea or principle that is dynamic and at times intensely difficult. Others concentrate their attention on a composer's use of "motive," which typically takes the form of a simple melodic span that shapes the musical architecture through an interdependent series of structural levels. Integrating these motivic threads within the musical fabric often warrants departures from formal norms in other areas. Analyses that seek to understand works with anomalous formal qualities-whether engendered by a motivic component or not-have a prominent place in the volume. Among these, accounts of idiosyncratic tonal discourse that threatens to undermine the unfolding of form-defining qualities or events are central.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Criminal Investigation by
Cover of the book Designing Public Policies by
Cover of the book Beliefs About Text and Instruction With Text by
Cover of the book Austrian Economics, Money and Finance by
Cover of the book Knowledge Organization and Classification in International Information Retrieval by
Cover of the book Studies in the Economic History of Southern Africa by
Cover of the book Israeli Society and Its Defense Establishment by
Cover of the book Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body by
Cover of the book The Dasmariñases, Early Governors of the Spanish Philippines by
Cover of the book Aging, Communication, and Health by
Cover of the book Alfred Herbert Ltd and the British Machine Tool Industry, 1887-1983 by
Cover of the book Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia by
Cover of the book Designed for Habitat by
Cover of the book Routledge Handbook of Ethics and War by
Cover of the book The Political Thought of Andre Gorz by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy