TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bengt Edlund
PY  - 2020
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631797976
TI  - Analytical Variations – Eight Critical Essays on Applied Music Theory
DO  - 10.3726/b15989
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1111202
N2  - This book gives a critical account of various methods used in music analysis. In the first chapter, a number of current approaches such as semiotics, musical implications, Schenkerian analysis, and generative theory are demonstrated on Mozart’s K. 331 theme. Five essays deal with important concepts in music analysis: ambiguity, formal proportions, and similarity within and between works. A further chapter provides a discussion of probability, kinship, and influence – decisive criteria when judging musical plagiarism. The last essay, studying a piece by Schubert, sifts the prospects of deciphering a composer’s sexual leanings from his music.
KW  - Analytical methods, Schenkerian analysis, Musical ambiguity, Musical similarity, Musical plagiarism, Musical hermeneutics, Golden section
LA  - English
ER  -