TY  - BOOK
AU  - Monica Kang
PY  - 2016
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653070361
TI  - Post-Tonal Affinities in Piano Works of Bartók, Chen, and Crumb
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-07036-1
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1050608
N2  - The book explores cellular pivots as a new means of progression, functional tonality having disappeared in much of contemporary music. Béla Bartók can be seen as a kind of father figure to the other two composers, Chen Yi and George Crumb, in terms of their stylistic, technical, and even philosophical connections. The musical affinities of all three composers reflect a larger body of post-tonal music. Cell constructions and their pivotal motions span the gamut from traditional/asymmetrical to more abstract/symmetrical formations. This study provides insight into universal principles of the post-tonal era and reveals a broader evolution of the musical language as represented by the three composers.
KW  - Folk sources, Modality, polymodality, Pitch-set transformations, Cells
LA  - English
ER  -