Title: Berio's Sequenzas : essays on performance, composition and analysis /
Authors: Halfyard, Janet K., 1966-; Halfyard, Janet K., 1966-
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Berio, Luciano,; Berio, Luciano,; Solo instrument music History and criticism.
Abstract: Between 1958 and 2002, Luciano wrote fourteen pieces entitled Sequenza. These pieces have significantly influenced the development of composition for solo instruments and voice. The varied approaches taken by the contributors in discussing the pieces demonstrate the richness of this repertoire.
Contents: Pt. 1 : Performance issues. Rhythm and timing in the two versions of Berio's Sequenza I for flute solo : psychological and musical differences in performance / Cynthia Folio and Alexander R. Brinkman ; Rough romance : Sequenza II for harp as study and statement / Kirsty Whatley ; Phantom rhythms, hidden harmonies : the use of the Sostenuto pedal in Berio's Sequenza IV for piano, Leaf and Sonata / Zoe Browder Doll ; A dress or a straightjacket? Facing the problems of structure and periodicity posed by the notation of Berio's Sequenza VII for oboe / Patricia Alessandrini ; Shadow boxing : Sequenza X for trumpet and piano resonance / Jonathan Impett -- Pt. 2 : Berio's compositional process and aesthetics. Provoking acts : the theatre of Berio's Sequenzas / Janet K. Halfyard ; The Chemins series / Paul Roberts ; The compass of communications in Sequenza VIII for violin / Eugene Montague ; Sequenza IX for clarinet : text, pre-text, con-text / Andrea Cremaschi ; Proliferations and limitations : Berio's reworking of the Sequenzas / Edward Venn -- Pt. 3 : Analytical approaches. Vestiges of twelve-tone practice as compositional process in Berio's Sequenza I for solo flute / Irna Priore ; Sonic complexity and harmonic syntax in Sequenza IV for piano / Didier Guigue and Marcílio Fagner Onofre ; The nature of expressivity in Berio's Sequenza VI for Viola / Amanda Bayley ; A polyphonic type of listening in and out of focus : Berio's Sequenza XI for Guitar / Mark D. Porcaro ; ...and so a chord consoles us : Berio's Sequenza XIII (Chanson) for accordion / Thomas Gartmann.