Aspects of harmony in Schoenberg's Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19 / by Kenneth L. Hicken.
| Author/creator | Hicken, Kenneth L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Winnipeg, Canada : Frye Publishing, ©1984. |
| Description | x, 79 pages : illustrations, music ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction and overview. Problem and approach ; Findings -- Symbols and samples. Tonal centers and modal orientation ; Chord symbols and chords ; Modulation ; Chord-to-chord movement -- Six harmonic analyses. Verbal summary ; Analyses I-VI -- Underlying relationships. Piece II: Ursatz and unfoldment ; Derivation of Piece VI from an underlying tertian formulation ; Patterns in the succession of tonal centers ; Patterns in the succession of harmonic roots -- Perspectives. Theoretical foundation ; Organization with reference to tonal centers ; Organization with reference to harmonic roots ; The primacy of tertian organization ; The tonal and modal systems: a structural reservoir ; The tonal system: a reservoir of expectations ; Atonality and incomprehensibility -- List of tables. Chordal categories: relative frequency of occurrence ; Chords and monads: number of occurrences ; Chords and monads: relative requence and occurence ; Root movements and shifts: relative frequency of occurence. |
| Abstract | This monograph represents a study completed in which the author arrived at an answer to the following question: how can the harmonic organization of Schoenberg's Six Little Piano Pieces, op. 19 be understood if, as a premise, this composer's atonal language be regarded as an outgrowth of the traditional Western musical language? This answer, which constitutes a way of understanding this organization, consists of results which have been obtained primarily via the author's own personal study of the music as seen on the printed score, as heard when played at the piano, and as conceptualized in terms of the above-mentioned premise. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 79). |
| ISBN | 0919741428 : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML410.S283 H53 1984 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |