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Title: Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

Problem-Solving Strategies in Musical Structure

by Barbara Barry (Author)
©2026 Monographs XXIV, 260 Pages
The Arts

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Summary

In a striking theoretical re-positioning, Barbara Barry proposes that problem-solving, as in scientific theory, asks strategic questions of “how” and “why” important musical compositions work the way they do. She focuses on three criteria of investigation: identity, implementation and intrusion, in order to define normative frameworks of style and form. These normative constructs provide frames of reference by which to evaluate powerful innovation in music, and in larger contexts of art, literature and the history of ideas.

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Pages
XXIV, 260
Publication Year
2026
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631937778
Language
English
Keywords
Peter Gay Berlin Borges Calvino Adorno Schoenberg Mahler Schubert Beethoven dialectics history of ideas theory innovation Problem-solving
Published
Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2026. xxiv, 260 pp., 11 fig. col., 90 fig. b/w.
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Barbara Barry (Author)

In a striking theoretical re-positioning, the author proposes that problem-solving, as in scientific theory, asks strategic questions of “how” and “why” important musical compositions work the way they do. She focuses on three criteria of investigation: identity, implementation and intrusion, in order to define normative frameworks of style and form. These normative constructs provide frames of reference by which to evaluate powerful innovation in music, and in larger contexts of art, literature and the history of ideas.

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