Metamorphoses : problem-solving strategies in musical structure / Barbara R. Barry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, Barbara R., Author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical analysis.

Musical form.

Music--Literary themes, motives.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 260 pages) : color illustrations, music.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Peter Lang, [2026]

Contents:

Part I. Identity : motivic identity and praxis : actors, agents, navigators. The making of the motif : the contour of melancholy in the lute-songs of John Dowland ; The re-making of the motif : literary contexts as determinants in Bach and Berlioz ; The transformation of the motif : lamplighters in Mahler's musical world

Part II. Implementation : risk and restitution in Beethoven's string quartets. In Beethoven's clockshop : discontinuity in the opus 18 quartets ; Spiral time and the paradigm of persuasion : recontextualizing Beethoven's string quartet op. 127 ; Invisible cities and imaginary landscapes : timely meditations on Beethoven's Quartet in C sharp minor, op. 131 'quasi un fantasia'

Part III. Intrusion : structure and its discontents. 'Mind the gap' : pitch connectors and sectional disjunction in Schubert's late instrumental music ; Chronicles and witnesses : 'a survivor from Warsaw' through Adorno's broken mirror

Coda

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version Barry, Barbara R. Metamorphoses

ISBN:

9783631938041 (electronic bk.)

3631938047 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

90104415227

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.