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A dance of polar opposites : the continuing transformation of our musical language
- Title
- A dance of polar opposites : the continuing transformation of our musical language / George Rochberg ; edited with an introduction by Jeremy Gill.
- Author
- Rochberg, George.
- Publication
- Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2012.
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- Additional Authors
- Gill, Jeremy
- Description
- 175 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Eastman studies in music, 1071-9989 ; v. 88
- Uniform Title
- Eastman studies in music ; v. 88.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Setting the stage. The morphology of musical language ; Diatonic asymmetry, enharmonic spelling, and multidirectionality -- Symmetry in tonal music. Intimations of circularity : embryonic circular sets ; More evolved circular sets ; Fully evolved circular sets -- Pitch organization on larger scales. The harmonic envelope ; The harmonic field ; The tonal field -- Looking ahead. The shadow of futurity ; A new circle of fifths -- Afterword : polarity, unity of opposites, contraries, gyres.
- ISBN
- 9781580464130 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1580464130 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012006782
- OCLC
- ocn761854503
- 761854503
- SCSB-14491049
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries