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Author Mirka, Danuta

Title Metric manipulations in Haydn and Mozart : chamber music for strings, 1787-1791 / Danuta Mirka
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 332 pages)
Series Oxford studies in music theory
Oxford studies in music theory.
Contents Introduction; Note on Terminology, Language, and Musical Examples; 1 Musical Meter between Composition and Perception; 1.1 The Concept of Meter in the Late Eighteenth Century; 1.2 The Revival of the Hierarchical Concept of Meter in the Twentieth Century; 1.3 Toward a Dynamic Model of Meter; 1.4 Borrowing from a Different Model; 2 Finding Meter; 2.1 Statistical Parameters; 2.2 Harmony; 2.3 Streaming and the Role of Bass; 2.4 Cadence (Structural Accent); 3 Sustaining Meter-Challenging Meter; 3.1 Metrum and Regularity of Beats; 3.2 Missing Beats; 3.3 General Pauses; 3.4 Fermatas
3.5 Syncopations4 Changing Meter I: Change of Period; 4.1 Imbroglio; 4.2 Submetrical Dissonance; 4.3 Hemiola; 5 Changing Meter II: Change of Phase; 5.1 Chains of Rhythmical Dissonances; 5.2 Other Parameters in Displacement Dissonances; 5.3 Imitation; 5.4 Ligaturae, Retardation, Anticipation; 5.5 Syncopated Accompaniment; 5.6 A Remark on Subliminal Dissonances; 6 Changing Meter III: Change of Tactus; 6.1 Changes of Taktteile in Compound Meters; 6.2 Changes of Taktteile in Double Measures; 6.3 Perceptual Factors; 6.4 Taktteile and the Tactus; 7 Analyses of Long-Range Metrical Strategies
7.1 Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 50 No. 2, First Movement7.2 Haydn, String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2, Finale; 8 Wit, Comedy, and Metric Manipulations in Haydn's and Mozart's Personal Styles; 8.1 Haydn; 8.2 Mozart; 8.3 Haydn's Earlier and Later String Quartets; 8.4 Inconclusive Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Compositions; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary Combining historical music theory with the cognitive study of music, this book traces metric manipulations and strategies in Haydn and Mozart's string chamber music from 1787 to 1791. Her analyses shed light on this repertoire and redefine the role of meter and rhythm in Classical music
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 -- Criticism and interpretation
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 fast
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 fast
Haydn, Joseph. idszbz
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. idszbz
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809 -- analys och tolkning. sao
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 -- analys och tolkning. sao
Subject Chamber music -- 18th century -- Analysis, appreciation
Chamber music -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Musical meter and rhythm.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Chamber.
Chamber music
Chamber music -- Analysis, appreciation
Musical meter and rhythm
Music.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Music Instruction & Study.
Kammermusik.
Metrik.
Rhythmus.
Rytm (musik)
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008049384
ISBN 0199852553
9780199852550
9780199738281
0199738289
9780195384925
019538492X