The power of the moment
Subtitle: essays on the Western music canon
By: by Martin Boykan
Series: Harmonologia : studies in music theory -- no. 16; Harmonologia series -- no. 16.
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hillsdale, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781576471647; 9781576741641
Subjects: History and criticism; Music; Musical canon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Some words about theory; title: The power of the moment : the Hammerklavier and the Archduke; title: Voice and piano in dialogue : seven songs from the Winterreise; title: A recurrent tonality : the meaning of the kiss in Verdi's Otello; title: Resetting the clock : the scherzo of Beethoven's Fifth; title: The power of every moment : musical continuity in J. S. Bach.