Rhythmic and Contrapuntal Structures in the Music of Arthur Honegger

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advanced musicology research
Author_Keith Waters
Bb Minor
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Chromatic Ascent
Dotted Half Note
Duple Subdivisions
Eighth Note
Eighth Note Triplet
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Exposition Statement
Half Note Triplet
Honegger's music
Hypermetric Downbeat
Ic3 Cycle
Interval Cycle
Inversional Symmetry
Metronome Markings
mouvement symphonique
musical form theory
Orchestral
orchestral composition techniques
Original Pitch Level
pitch centricity studies
Pitch Class Interval
Pitch Class Set
Quarter Note Triplet
Rhythmic
Rhythmic Conflicts
rhythmic contrapuntal structure analysis
rhythmic structures
String Quartet
string symphony analysis
symphonie pour cordes
Symphonies
Tonal Centers
Transpositional Levels
Triple Subdivisions
Triplet Subdivisions
twentieth-century music analysis
Vice Versa
Works

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138728653
  • Weight: 370g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Dec 2020
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This title was first published in 2002. Through analyses of a number of Honegger's compositions, including extended analyses of two of Honegger's orchestral works, "Mouvement symphonique No. 2 (Rugby)" and "Symphonie pour cordes", Keith Waters examines the principles of musical organization in Honegger's music and shows how these principles are based on systematic rhythmic and contrapuntal strategies. Musical form in Honegger's work, the book argues, is articulated by contrapuntal and rhythmic structures rather than by tonal structure, and it is this that provides the source of compositional unity in Honegger's music.

Keith Waters

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