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

• Main Author: Eugene I. Dairianathan.
• Other Authors: Howard, John
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20363
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...