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Hello John,
I don’t know that it’s especially insightful, but the chapter on Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen in my book Performing Knowledge relates our analysis to theology. It is a side point in the overall argument, though difficult to avoid given t…
Hi Scott,
I don't know about this being characteristic for this composer, but Vineet Shende's Throw Down or Shut Up! (2006) uses such series (both contracting and expanding, but mostly contracting) thematically. Taking a quick look, I think the long…
A slightly different response, that raises the question of what “a piece” is (in your original post): The 2nd chapter of my book Performing Knowledge (OUP 2019), “Interpreting Schoenberg’s Klavierstück Op. 19 No. 4,” compares analysis of the score (…
I’d like to draw attention to Brian Alegant’s presentation on “How to teach complex rhythms” in the undergraduate musicianship curriculum, to be presented at our conference Rhythm in Music since 1900 (Nov. 17-18, 2019, Boulder, CO). The abstract for…