Sonic Design: The Nature of Sound and Music

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Prentice-Hall, 1976 - Music - 496 pages
Contains analyses of a number of musical works, including: Missa "L'Homme Armé," "Benedictus" by Josquin Des Prez ; Piano Sonata op.31, no.3 by Beethoven ; Six Little Piano Pieces, op.19, no.6 by Schoenberg ; Second String Quartet -Introduction, by Elliott Carter, and "Syrinx" for solo flute by Debussy.

Contents

musical space
15
VESPERAE SOLENNES
34
SIX LITTLE PIANO PIECES
49
CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES
71
POSTLUDE
83
musical language 888 2
86
INTRODUCTION TO MUSICAL SYSTEMS
101
LANGUAGE OF COMBINED VOICES
114
Modules and Pulsations 259 The Large Modules
261
TRANSITION
276
The Stratum of the MM 228 Pulsation 280 The Stratum
282
RHYTHM
283
INTERSECTION
310
LANGUAGE SPACE AND TIME
323
EUROPEAN NOTATION AND THE ANALYSIS OF TONE
347
TONECOLOR
360

BON JOUR MON COEUR
130
Fifths
145
WEHMUT
159
3
215
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
221
GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT
228
TRANSITION
239
DISTINGUISHING MODULES PHRASES AND SECTIONS
248
CLAUDE DEBUSSY NOCTURNES
385
gesture form and structure
402
THEMATIC MOLDS AS PROCESSES
408
CONCLUSION
426
THE PSYCHOPYSICS OF SOUND
434
THE RAGA SYSTEMS OF INDIA
465
index
495
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