Stravinsky's Topology

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Andrew Kuster, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 202 pages
Stravinsky's Topology is an innovative explanation of the music of the great composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). Specifically, this book examines Stravinsky's implementation of certain twelve-tone row forms for particular formal events and to enhance the poetry in his later works with poetic texts. This book, reprinted from a doctoral dissertation, presents a new analytical method called Object-Oriented analysis to study Stravinsky's smaller works Epitaphium, Anthem, Elegy for J. F. K., Fanfare for a New Theater, and The Owl and the Pussy-Cat. The remainder of this book is devoted to a detailed examination of Stravinsky's expanded Object-Oriented compositional technique in The Flood and in his largest late work, Threni. This investigation concludes with remarks about how a conductor can apply Object-Oriented analysis in performance. 216 pages.

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Contents

Table of Contents
12
Conventions Used in This Paper
18
TABLE
26
General Remarks about Stravinskys Serial Technique
27
TABLE
32
Stravinskys Row Succession
37
Simple Application of Stravinskys Method in His Short
39
TABLE 8
43
TABLE 17
56
The Owl and the PussyCat 196566
66
Analysis of Structure and MusicalPoetical Effect of Rows
73
Conclusion
82
Wrapped Repetitions form threedimensional Objects
92
Various Intervals Create Several Different Object Types
101
TABLE 45
106
CHAPTER 6
111

1959
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TABLE 12
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Elegy for J F K 1964
51
TABLE 51
113
CHAPTER 7
165
APPENDIX
201

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