The musical idea: a consideration of music and its ways /
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| Author / Creator: | Nallin, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1918-1978. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Macmillan Co., [1968] |
| Description: | xviii, 650 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2078446 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The rhythm of music : Music's temporal aspect ; Music's pulsation ; Tempo ; Meter ; Syncopation ; Rhythmic variants ; Composite works : Gounod: ballet music from Faust. National dances : Dvorak: Slavonic dances nos. 1, 3, 10, 15). Rhythmic notation ; Some compositions with prominent rhythmic characteristics
- 2. The melody of music : Melody's expressive power ; The tonal framework ; Melodic types ; Melodic change ; Melodic notation ; The grammar of melody ; Keys and key signatures ; The melodic cadence ; Dynamics ; Simple melodic patterns ; Tonal memory ; Some compositions with notable melodic qualities.
- 3. The texture of music : Monophony : Ambrosian chant ; Gallican chant ; Mozarabic chant ; Gregorian chant ; Or la truix trop dure te ; J.S. Bach: two Bourrees from Suite No. 3 for 'Cello ; Wagner: excerpt from Tristan und Isolde ; Bizet: excerpts from L'Arlesienne music ; Mussorgsky: excerpt from Pictures at an Exhibition. Polyphony : Organum ; The canon and round ; The quodlibet ; The motet ; The madrigal ; The invention ; The Fugue (J.S. Bach: "Little" Fugue in G minor) ; Orchestral polyphony : Bizet: "Farandole" from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 ; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, second movement ; Holst: March from First Suite in E-flat major ; Borodin: "On the Steppes of Central Asia". Homophony : Accompaniment ; The harmonic cadence ; Consonance and dissonance. Recent ventures : Ives: variations on "America" ; Schoenberg: quintet for wind instruments, and variations for Orchestra. Some compositions with notable textural qualities.
- 4. The instruments of music : Families of musical instruments ; String instruments ; Woodwind instruments ; Brass instruments ; Percussion instruments ; The voice : Soprano ; Contralto ; Tenor ; Bass. Some compositions that demonstrate musical timbre
- 5. The media of music : Solo instruments : Piano ; Organ ; Other keyboard instruments ; Strings ; Winds. Small instrumental ensembles : Duos ; Trios ; Quartets ; Quintets. Large instrumental groups : The symphony orchestra ; The chamber orchestra ; The wind band. Vocal media : Choruses ; The vocal craft ; Solo song ; Chorus and orchestra ; Recent innovations. A conductor's role ; Transcriptions ; Additional compositions for various performing media.
- 6. Growth by addition: part form : Binary and ternary part form ; The question of dimension: simple and large part form ; Early part form ; Four and five part form : Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, third movement. The Da capo aria : Bizet: "Micaela's Aria" from Carmen ; Mozart: se vuol ballare from the Marriage of Figaro. Part form in short works ; Part form in larger works ; The minuet and trio : Mozart: menuetto from Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major. The scherzo : Beethoven: Septet in E-flat major, fifth movements ; Schubert: Octet in F major, third movement. Particular examples of part form : Johann Sebastian Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G major ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: menuetto from Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings (K. 581) ; Ludwig van Beethoven: scherzo from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ; Johann Strauss, II: On the beautiful Blue Danube Waltzes ; Dmitri Shostakovich: allegretto from Symphony No. 5. Some further examples of part form.
- 7. Constancy with change: theme and variation form : The variation theme ; Variation activity : Mozart: variations on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman. Variation procedures : Schubert: Quintet in A major for piano and strings, fourth movement. Chaconne and Passacaglia : Holst: First suite in E-flat major for military band, first movement. Early variation designs ; Free variations : Richard Strauss: Don Quixote ; Calliett: variations on "Pop Goes the Weasel". Variation form in contemporary popular music ; Particular examples of variation form : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: finale from Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings (K. 581) ; Ludwig van Beethoven: finale from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ; Johannes Brahms: variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn ; Anton Arensky: variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky ; Ernst Dohnanyi: variations on a nursery song. Some further examples of variation form.
- 8. Transforming the musical idea: sonata form : Thematic material in sonata form ; The exposition : Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, first movement. The development ; The recapitulation ; Appendages of sonata form ; A synoptic outline of sonata form ; Sonata form in chamber music : Mozart: Quintet for Strings in G minor (K. 516), first movement ; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique), first movement ; Dvorak: Quartet in F major (American), first movement. Sonatina form. Particular examples of sonata form : Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor, first movement ; Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon ; Michael Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla ; Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, first movement ; Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Symphony, first movement. Some further examples of sonata form ; Some further examples of sonatina form.
- 9. Thematic recurrence: rondo form : The rondo theme ; Some basic rondo qualities ; Early rondos ; Where rondo form may be used ; Simple rondo form : Ghys: "Amaryllis" ; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique), No. 2 in A major, second movement ; Mozart: Serenade No. 10 for Thirteen Wind Instruments (K. 361), finale. Sonata rondo form : Beethoven: Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano, finale. Particular examples of rondo form : J.S. Bach: Gavotte en Rondeau from Partita No. 3 in E major for Solo Violin ; Ludwig van Beethoven : Concerto in D major for Violin, finale ; Felix Mendelssohn: scherzo from incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream ; Camille Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra ; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infant defunte. Some further examples of rondo form.
- 10. Curtain-raiser, concept piece, and rhapsody : Overture backgrounds ; Common overture types ; Rhapsody, prelude, and fantastic. Waypoints in overture development : The Baroque and Classic eras ; The century of Romanticism ; The twentieth century. Particular examples of single-movement works : Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 ; Giocchino Rossini: overtures to TheBarbe of Seville and La Gazza Ladra ; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 ; Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien ; Georges Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1. Single movement compositions
- 11. Additive designs: the suite and associated forms : Associated forms ; Performing media for suites ; The dance suite ; The theatrical suite : Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 ; Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite No. 1. The descriptive suite ; Wayposts in suite development : Emergence ; The Baroque era ; The Rococo and Classic eras ; The Romantic era ; The Contemporary era. Particular examples of the suite : Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 2 in B minor for Flute and Strings ; Georges Bizet: Suite No. 1 from L'Arlesienne ; Claude Debussy: the Children's Corner Suite ; Dmitri Kabalevsky: suite from The Comedians ; Aaron Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo. Selected suites.
- 12. Musical dialogue: the concerto : The solo concerto ; The concerto grosso ; The cadenza ; Concerto preforming media ; Concerto modifications ; Wayposts in concerto development : To 1750 ; During the Classic Era ; During the Romantic Era ; In the twentieth century. Particular examples of the concerto : Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in A major for Clarinet (K. 622) ; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor for violin ; Peter I. Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano ; Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra. Selected concertos
- 13. The lyric art: song : Folk song ; Particular kinds of folk song ; Folk song in composed settings ; Art song ; The song cycle ; The orchestral song : Mahler: Leider eines fahrenden Gesellen. Wayposts in art song development : Early song ; Song from 1500 to 1800 ; Song during the nineteenth century ; Song in the twentieth century. Particular examples of song : Franz Schubert: Three Songs : The Hedge Rose ; Margaret at the Spinning Wheel ; The Erlking. Robert Schumann: a song and a song cycle : The Two Grenadiers ; Dichterliebe. Songs by Johannes Brahms, Modest Mussorgsky, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss : Vier ernste Gesange ; A Song of the Flea ; Songs and Dances of Death ; Three Michelangelo songs ; Dedication and All Soul's Day. Songs by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel : Ariettes Oubliees ; Sheherazade. Songs by Manuel de Falla : Seven Spanish folk songs. Selected art songs and song cycles.
- 14. Aural portraiture: illustrative music : Some of the problems ; Aesthetic considerations ; Whence the subject matter? ; Musical satire ; Implementing the descriptive process : Smetana: The Moldau ; Taylor: Through the Looking Glass. Musical symbolism and thematic association ; Form in illustrative music ; Types of illustrative pieces ; The symphonic poem ; Wayposts in the growth of program music : From emergence to 1800 : Kuhnau: Biblical sonatas, "The Fight Between David and Goliath." In the nineteenth century : Beethoven: Wellington's victory. In the twentieth century : Ives: "Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut" from Three Places in New England. Particular examples of program music : Franz Liszt: Les Preludes ; Camille Saint-Saens: Danse macabre ; Modest P. Mussorgsky-Ravel: pictures at an exhibition ; Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben ; George Gershwin: an American in Paris. Selected descriptive compositions
- 15. Chamber music: an intimate art : The essence of chamber music ; Performing media for chamber music ; The sonata ; Wayposts in the rise of chamber music : The early period ; In the Baroque era : Handel: Sonata No. 1 in E minor for Flute. In the Classic era ; In the Romantic period : Beethoven: Quartet No. 5 in A major. In the twentieth century : Debussy: Quartet in G minor. Particular examples of chamber music : Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata in C minor from The Musical Offering ; Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet in C major ("Emperor") ; Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major ("Kreutzer") ; Johannes Brahms: Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and Strings ; Igor Stravinsky: Suite from L'Histoire du Soldat. Selected chamber music compositions.
- 16. Music and religion: large vocal forms : The mass ; Styles in mass composition ; Wayposts in musical settings of the mass ; The requiem mass ; Text for the ordinary of a mass ; Oratorio ; Wayposts in the rise of oratorio : Early oratorio in Italy, Germany, and France ; Oratorio in the late Baroque ; Oratorio in the Classic and Romantic eras ; Oratorio in modern times. Handel: Messiah ; The cantata ; Wayposts in cantata development ; J.S. Bach: Wachet auf! Ruft uns die Stimme ; Other large vocal forms : Passion music : J.S. Bach: The Passion According to St. Matthew. Te Deum Laudamus ; Stabat Mater ; Magnificat ; Salve Regina ; Sacred service. Selected large-scale vocal works
- 17. Musical logic: the symphony : Sources from which the symphony arose ; Patterns for the symphony ; Performing media for symphonies ; Absolute and program symphonies ; Interrelating symphonic movements ; Unusual kinds of symphonies ; Modifications of the symphonic concept ; Wayposts in the rise of the symphony : Formulating the design (c. 1750) ; Symphonism in the Classic era : Filtz: Symphony in A major ; Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor. The Romantic symphony ; Symphonies in the Contemporary era. Particular examples of the symphony : Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major ; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major ; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major ; Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor ; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 ; Selected symphonies
- 18. Opera: a merger of music and drama : Opera's component arts ; The dramatic essence of opera ; The problems of language ; Organizational patterns in opera ; The operatic cast ; The operatic overture ; Ballet in opera ; Operatic style ; Wayposts in the rise of the opera : Operatic backgrounds ; Growth in the seventeenth century ; In the eighteenth century ; In the nineteenth century ; In the twentieth century. Excerpts from five representative operas : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Act I ; Richard Wagner: highlights from Tannhauser ; Giuseppe Verdi: highlights from La Traviata ; Georges Bizet: Carmen, Act II ; George Gershwin: highlights from Porgy and Bess. Selected operas.