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Metric manipulations in Haydn and Mozart : chamber music for strings, 1787-1791 / Danuta Mirka.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford studies in music theoryPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 332 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0199852553
  • 9780199852550
  • 9780199738281
  • 0199738289
  • 9780195384925
  • 019538492X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 785.70922 22
LOC classification:
  • MT140
Other classification:
  • J609.521
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction; Note on Terminology, Language, and Musical Examples; 1 Musical Meter between Composition and Perception; 1.1 The Concept of Meter in the Late Eighteenth Century; 1.2 The Revival of the Hierarchical Concept of Meter in the Twentieth Century; 1.3 Toward a Dynamic Model of Meter; 1.4 Borrowing from a Different Model; 2 Finding Meter; 2.1 Statistical Parameters; 2.2 Harmony; 2.3 Streaming and the Role of Bass; 2.4 Cadence (Structural Accent); 3 Sustaining Meter-Challenging Meter; 3.1 Metrum and Regularity of Beats; 3.2 Missing Beats; 3.3 General Pauses; 3.4 Fermatas.
3.5 Syncopations4 Changing Meter I: Change of Period; 4.1 Imbroglio; 4.2 Submetrical Dissonance; 4.3 Hemiola; 5 Changing Meter II: Change of Phase; 5.1 Chains of Rhythmical Dissonances; 5.2 Other Parameters in Displacement Dissonances; 5.3 Imitation; 5.4 Ligaturae, Retardation, Anticipation; 5.5 Syncopated Accompaniment; 5.6 A Remark on Subliminal Dissonances; 6 Changing Meter III: Change of Tactus; 6.1 Changes of Taktteile in Compound Meters; 6.2 Changes of Taktteile in Double Measures; 6.3 Perceptual Factors; 6.4 Taktteile and the Tactus; 7 Analyses of Long-Range Metrical Strategies.
7.1 Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50 No. 2, First Movement7.2 Haydn, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2, Finale; 8 Wit, Comedy, and Metric Manipulations in Haydn's and Mozart's Personal Styles; 8.1 Haydn; 8.2 Mozart; 8.3 Haydn's Earlier and Later String Quartets; 8.4 Inconclusive Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Compositions; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary: Combining historical music theory with the cognitive study of music, this book traces metric manipulations and strategies in Haydn and Mozart's string chamber music from 1787 to 1791. Her analyses shed light on this repertoire and redefine the role of meter and rhythm in Classical music.
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Combining historical music theory with the cognitive study of music, this book traces metric manipulations and strategies in Haydn and Mozart's string chamber music from 1787 to 1791. Her analyses shed light on this repertoire and redefine the role of meter and rhythm in Classical music.

Introduction; Note on Terminology, Language, and Musical Examples; 1 Musical Meter between Composition and Perception; 1.1 The Concept of Meter in the Late Eighteenth Century; 1.2 The Revival of the Hierarchical Concept of Meter in the Twentieth Century; 1.3 Toward a Dynamic Model of Meter; 1.4 Borrowing from a Different Model; 2 Finding Meter; 2.1 Statistical Parameters; 2.2 Harmony; 2.3 Streaming and the Role of Bass; 2.4 Cadence (Structural Accent); 3 Sustaining Meter-Challenging Meter; 3.1 Metrum and Regularity of Beats; 3.2 Missing Beats; 3.3 General Pauses; 3.4 Fermatas.

3.5 Syncopations4 Changing Meter I: Change of Period; 4.1 Imbroglio; 4.2 Submetrical Dissonance; 4.3 Hemiola; 5 Changing Meter II: Change of Phase; 5.1 Chains of Rhythmical Dissonances; 5.2 Other Parameters in Displacement Dissonances; 5.3 Imitation; 5.4 Ligaturae, Retardation, Anticipation; 5.5 Syncopated Accompaniment; 5.6 A Remark on Subliminal Dissonances; 6 Changing Meter III: Change of Tactus; 6.1 Changes of Taktteile in Compound Meters; 6.2 Changes of Taktteile in Double Measures; 6.3 Perceptual Factors; 6.4 Taktteile and the Tactus; 7 Analyses of Long-Range Metrical Strategies.

7.1 Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50 No. 2, First Movement7.2 Haydn, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2, Finale; 8 Wit, Comedy, and Metric Manipulations in Haydn's and Mozart's Personal Styles; 8.1 Haydn; 8.2 Mozart; 8.3 Haydn's Earlier and Later String Quartets; 8.4 Inconclusive Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Compositions; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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