Fantasy Pieces : Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann.

Fantasy Pieces : Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann.

This volume presents a theory of metrical conflict and applies it to the music of Robert Schumann, thereby placing that composer's distinctive metrical style in focus. Krebs describes categories of metrical conflict that characterize the music of Schumann and studies the interaction of metrical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krebs, Harald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1999.
Subjects:
Schumann, Robert, > 1810-1856 > Criticism and interpretation.
Schumann, Robert, > 1810-1856
Musical meter and rhythm.
Musical meter and rhythm
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Theories of Metrical Conflict. Promenade through the Town of Euphonia ; Waldscene: Ideas of Metrical Conflict in the Twentieth Century
  • 2. Metrical Consonance and Dissonance-- Definitions and Taxonomy. Layers of Motion ; Interaction of Layers ; Resultant Rhythms ; Relationships between Dissonances ; Distinctions between Dissonances
  • 3. Intermezzo I: Influences on Schumann's Metrical Style
  • 4. Metrical Progressions and Processes. Metrical Progressions ; Metrical Maps ; Metrical Processes
  • 5. Intermezzo II: Metrical Revisions
  • 6. Interactions of Metrical Dissonance with Pitch Structure, Form, and Extramusical Elements. Interactions of Metrical Dissonance with Form and Pitch Structure ; Metrical Dissonance and Text ; Meanings of Metrical Dissonance in Instrumental Music
  • 7. Intermezzo III: Performing Metrical Dissonances
  • 8. Carnaval des analyses. Valse française (Hector Berlioz, "Un bal," from Symphonie fantastique) ; Maîtres dansants (Robert Schumann, Intermezzi op. 4) ; Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, various works) ; Répliques (Robert Schumann, Scherzo in F Minor) ; Chiarina (Clara Schumann, Piano Trio op. 17, second movement) ; Valses contre les Philistins (Robert Schumann, Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26, first movement) ; Kreisler jun. (Johannes Brahms, Piano Sonata op. 5, first movement) ; Eusebius (Robert Schumann, String Quartet op. 41 no. 2, second movement) ; Blumenstück (Charles Ives, Two Little Flowers) ; Florestan (Robert Schumann, Symphony no. 3 op. 97, first movement) ; Pierrot (Arnold Schoenberg, Valse de Chopin from Pierrot lunaire)
  • Epilogue: Morning Song
  • List of Cited Works by Robert Schumann.

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