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Ligeti's Macroharmonies : A Graphical-Statistical Analysis of Book 3 of the Piano Etudes / by Nicolas Namoradze.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Namoradze, Nicolas., Author.
- Series:
- Computer Science (SpringerNature-11645)
- Computational music science 1868-0313
- Computational Music Science, 1868-0313
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music-Mathematics.
- Fourier analysis.
- Statistics.
- Mathematics-Data processing.
- Mathematics in Music.
- Fourier Analysis.
- Applied Statistics.
- Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.
- Local Subjects:
- Mathematics in Music.
- Fourier Analysis.
- Applied Statistics.
- Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (X, 203 pages) : 190 illustrations, 111 illustrations in color.
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Contained In:
- Springer Nature eBook
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- In the third and final book of his iconic piano etudes György Ligeti charts a new path relative to the rest of his musical output, representing a significant arrival in a composer's oeuvre known for its stylistic transformations. This monograph is the first dedicated study of these capstone works, investigating them through a novel lens of statistical-graphical analysis that illuminates their compositional uniqueness as well as broader questions regarding the perception of stability in musical texture. With nearly 200 graphical illustrations and a detailed commentary, this examination reveals the unique manner in which Ligeti treads between tonality and atonality-a key idea in his late style-and the centrality of processes related to broader scale areas (or "macroharmony") in articulating structures and narratives. The analytical techniques developed here are a powerful tool for investigating macroharmonic stability that can be applied to a wide range of repertoire beyond these works. This book is intended for graduate-level and professional music theorists, musicologists, performers and mathematicians.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Alternating Diatonic Qualities in Etude 15, White on White
- Gradual Disintegrations in Etude 16, Pour Irina
- Articulating Ternary Structures in Etude 17, À bout de souffle
- Tonal Procedures in Etude 18, Canon
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Scrolling Videos
- Appendix 2: Maximal Forces on Fourier Balances
- Bibliography.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-030-85694-6
- 9783030856946
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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