The Structure of Atonal Music / Allen Forte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Forte, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1977]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"For some years now, a group of American composers and theorists including Babbitt, Teitelbaum, Martino, and Lewin, have been elaborating mathematically based procedures for the analysis of pitch structures in atonal music. In this book, Allen Forte expands the results of their work into a comprehensive theoretical survey illustrated with examples from a wide range of composers."-Times Higher Education Supplement"An attempt to 'provide a general theoretical framework' for the description and analysis of musical pitch-structures that resist interpretation in terms of conventional tonal or 12-note serial systems.... Not the least achievement of this book may be to establish the limits for a positive meaning for atonality.... Forte always moves forward with elegant clarity, explaining even quite conventional terms and illustrating his points with directness and care."-The Musical Times

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Pitch-Class Sets and Relations

2. Pitch-Class Set Complexes

Appendix 1. Prime Forms and Vectors of Pitch-Class Sets

Appendix 2. Similarity Relations

Appendix 3. The Subcomplexes Kh

Glossary of Technical Terms

References

Index 1. Musical Examples

Index 2. Pc Sets in Musical Examples

Index 3. General Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300156720

0300156723

OCLC:

1024018468