Desire in chromatic harmony : a psychodynamic exploration of fin de siècle tonality / Kenneth M. Smith. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Kenneth M., author.

Series:

Oxford studies in music theory.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford studies in music theory

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--20th century--Analysis, appreciation.

Music.

Desire in music.

Music--Psychological aspects.

Harmony.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Of the many composers in the Western classical tradition who celebrated the marriage between psyche and sound, those explored in this book followed the lines diverging from Wagner in philosophizing the nature of desire in music. This book offers two new theories of tonal functionality in the music of the first half of the twentieth century that seek to explain its psychological complexities. The book further develops Riemann's three diatonic chord functions, extending them to account for chromatic chord progression and substitution. The three functions (tonic, subdominant, and dominant) are compared to Jacques Lacan's twin concepts of metaphor and metonymy, which drive the apparatus of human desire.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 26, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-092345-8

0-19-092343-1