Change articulated by pitch : a study of instrumental works by Franz Schubert and John Coolidge Adams

Change articulated by pitch : a study of instrumental works by Franz Schubert and John Coolidge Adams

The works of John Adams (1947--) depart from the Minimalist tradition despite the congruity. The musical vocabulary of Minimalism has been characterised by restorative features of tonality but without the sense of tonal function. One aspect identified by this lack of functional tonality has been the...

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Main Author: Eugene I. Dairianathan.
Other Authors: Howard, John
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20363
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-203632020-11-01T06:21:16Z Change articulated by pitch : a study of instrumental works by Franz Schubert and John Coolidge Adams Eugene I. Dairianathan. Howard, John National Institute of Education DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music The works of John Adams (1947--) depart from the Minimalist tradition despite the congruity. The musical vocabulary of Minimalism has been characterised by restorative features of tonality but without the sense of tonal function. One aspect identified by this lack of functional tonality has been the absence of modulation. A technique John Adams embraces in his compositions is modulation. Analyses of John Adams' music seek to discover the nature of this modulation and how it relates to the Minimalist tradition. Doctor of Philosophy 2009-12-14T09:36:40Z 2009-12-14T09:36:40Z 1996 1996 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20363 en NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 253 p. application/pdf
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Change articulated by pitch : a study of instrumental works by Franz Schubert and John Coolidge Adams
description The works of John Adams (1947--) depart from the Minimalist tradition despite the congruity. The musical vocabulary of Minimalism has been characterised by restorative features of tonality but without the sense of tonal function. One aspect identified by this lack of functional tonality has been the absence of modulation. A technique John Adams embraces in his compositions is modulation. Analyses of John Adams' music seek to discover the nature of this modulation and how it relates to the Minimalist tradition.
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title_full Change articulated by pitch : a study of instrumental works by Franz Schubert and John Coolidge Adams
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