Adrian Willaert and the theory of interval affect : the Musica nova madrigals and the novel theories of Zarlino and Vicentino / Timothy R. McKinney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKinney, Timothy R., 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Willaert, Adrian, 1490?-1562. Musica nova.

Willaert, Adrian.

Madrigals, Italian--Italy--16th century--History and criticism.

Madrigals, Italian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 'theory of interval affect' originates not with Nicola Vicentino or Gioseffo Zarlino, but with their teacher, influential Venetian composer Adrian Willaert (1490-1562). Because Willaert left no theoretical writings of his own, Timothy McKinney uses Willaert's music to reconstruct his innovative theories concerning how music might communicate extra musical ideas. For Willaert, the appellations 'major' and 'minor' no longer signified merely the larger and smaller of a pair of like-numbered intervals; rather, they became categories of sonic character, the members of which are related by a sha

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Musical Examples; Acknowledgements; 1 Contexts; 2 Definition, Evaluation, and Validation of the Theory of Interval Affect; 3 Expressive Functions of Harmony in the Musica nova Madrigals; 4 Willaert's Other Madrigals and the Theory of Interval Affect; 5 The Compositional Legacy of Willaert's Theory of Interval Affect; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"An Ashgate book"--Cover.

First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-18532-3

1-317-18531-5

1-315-56567-6

1-282-64335-5

9786612643354

0-7546-9672-3

9781315565675

OCLC:

652626130