Analytical Variations - Eight Critical Essays on Applied Music Theory

By Bengt Edlund

This book gives a critical account of various methods used in music analysis. In the first chapter, a number of current approaches such as semiotics, musical implications, Schenkerian analysis, and generative theory are demonstrated on Mozart's K. 331 theme. Five essays deal with important concepts in music analysis: ambiguity, formal proportions, and similarity within and between works. A further chapter provides a discussion of probability, kinship, and influence - decisive criteria when judging musical plagiarism. The last essay, studying a piece by Schubert, sifts the prospects of deciphering a composer's sexual leanings from his music.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631770650
• ISBN13: 9783631770658
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.3"