Pentatonicism from the eighteenth century to Debussy / Jeremy Day-O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day-O'Connell, Jeremy, author.

Series:

Eastman Studies in Music

Eastman studies in music, 1092-5228

Eastman studies in music Pentatonicism from the eighteenth century to Debussy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pentatonic scales.

Music--18th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--19th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 529 p. ) ill., music ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pentatonicism from the Eighteenth Century to Debussy' offers the first comprehensive account of a widely recognized aspect of music history: the increasing use of pentatonic ("black-key scale") techniques in nineteenth-century Western art-music. Pentaton.

Contents:

Scale. The rise of 6̂ in the nineteenth century

Signification. The pastoral-exotic pentatonic ; The religious pentatonic

Beyond signification. The pentatonic glissando ; Debussy and the pentatonic tradition.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-08066-0

9786612080661

1-58046-690-7

OCLC:

1024235275