A dance of polar opposites
Subtitle: the continuing transformation of our musical language
By: George Rochberg ; edited with an introduction by Jeremy Gill
Contributors: Gill, Jeremy, editor
Series: Eastman studies in music -- v. 88; Eastman studies in music -- v. 88.
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781580464130
Subjects: Music theory; Musical analysis; Tonality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the stage. The morphology of musical language ; Diatonic asymmetry, enharmonic spelling, and multidirectionality; title: Symmetry in tonal music. Intimations of circularity : embryonic circular sets ; More evolved circular sets ; Fully evolved circular sets; title: Pitch organization on larger scales. The harmonic envelope ; The harmonic field ; The tonal field; title: Looking ahead. The shadow of futurity ; A new circle of fifths; title: Afterword : polarity, unity of opposites, contraries, gyres.