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Start Over Descriptor "*MUSIC theory" Topic music appreciation Topic whole & parts (philosophy) Publisher wiley-blackwell
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1. THE CONCEPT OF UNITY AND MUSICAL ANALYSIS.

Author

Morgan, Robert P.

Subjects
*MUSICAL analysis, *MUSIC theory, *MUSICOLOGY, *WHOLE & parts (Philosophy), *MUSIC appreciation
Abstract

Examines five passages by classical composers to determine the role of unity in musical analysis. Argument against unity; Alternative analysis designed to show the argument dissolves once certain features of the music have been recognized; Mozart's Symphony in G minor; Brahms' String Quartet in C minor; Haydn's String Quartet in D minor; Mozart's Piano Concerto in C major; Beethoven's String Quartet in A minor.

Published
2003
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2. EDITORIAL.

Subjects
*MUSICAL analysis, *MUSIC theory, *ORGANICISM, *WHOLE & parts (Philosophy), *MUSIC appreciation, *MUSICOLOGY, *FORMALISM (Art)
Abstract

Focuses on what it means to analyze music. Issues concerning the importance of organicism and unity in music; Change which has been underway in musicology since the 1970s; Joseph Kerman's call-to-order which echoed that shift away from positivism in historical musicology, advocating a parallel end to formalism in analysis.

Published
2003
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