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Dynamic And Attack Associations In Boulez’S Le Marteau Sans Maître, Wayne C. Wentzel
Dynamic And Attack Associations In Boulez’S Le Marteau Sans Maître, Wayne C. Wentzel
Wayne Wentzel
This paper explores dynamic and attack associations in the Bourreux de Solitude movement of Pierre Boulez's pivotal piece, Le Marteau sans maître.
Listening Origins, Habits, And Habitus, Mark Zanter
Listening Origins, Habits, And Habitus, Mark Zanter
Mark Zanter
Listening habits offer us insight into music’s affect on us as individuals, artists, and as members of the various communities we inhabit. Using the lens of phenomenology to assess and explore the nature of the listening experience, I will investigate recent writings on music perception, and modes of listening focusing on their use: by individuals in everyday life; in perceiving musical works and the role of music in multi-media; and in generating habitus—social codes in the musical cultures we inhabit. Once the notions of habits and habitus have been established, I will posit that listening, in the context of new …
The Form Of The Preludes To Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites, Daniel E. Prindle
The Form Of The Preludes To Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suites, Daniel E. Prindle
Daniel E. Prindle
This thesis proposes a methodology for understanding the form of a Baroque prelude, particularly the preludes to the Six Suites for Unaccompanied Violoncello written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Four musical dimensions, tonal structure, motive, texture, and the potential implications of a piece’s genre, parse the preludes in different ways. As the features of these musical dimensions undergo either an evolution or a dramatic change over the course of each prelude, they each suggest a different form. Points of change in each dimension delineate segments in the music. When aligned, these changes create significant formal junctures and suggest an overall form …