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The Piece as a Whole
Studies in Holistic Musical Analysis
Hugh Aitken,
978-0-31302-974-5

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The Piece as a Whole

Studies in Holistic Musical Analysis

Hugh Aitken, Hugh Aitken,

October 1997

Praeger

Series: Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance

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Designed to serve music students at the college level, this informal approach to music theory relates the technical aspects of music with the expressive character of the art.

Designed to serve music students at the college level, this informal approach to music theory relates the technical aspects of music with the expressive character of the art. The approach is holistic in the sense that it focuses on the interrelationships between the piece as heard by a socially conditioned listener and the notated, performed score: it aims to bridge the gap between the technical and expressive aspects of music. The composers addressed are: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Debussy, and Schoenberg. There are separate chapters on the problems of meaning in music and on the interdependence of aesthetic and ethical value-judgments. This novel and exciting approach to music theory will be a welcome addition to the musical analysis literature.
Preface
Introduction
Chopin: Prelude No. 7 in A Major
The Split Fifth: A Cautionary Tale
Chopin: Prelude No. 4 in E Minor
Meaning in Music
Some Mozart Excerpts
Beethoven: Fifth Symphony
Three Beethoven Excerpts
Aesthetics: Aesthetics Meets Ethics
Two Schumann Songs and a Bit of Brahms
J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde
Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
The Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index




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