The Musical Language of Berlioz
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Part of Cambridge Studies in Music
- Author: Julian Rushton
- Date Published: September 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521082143
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This book is an analytical and critical study of Berlioz's unique musical style. It does not undertake to analyse all his works, but rather to separate characteristic elements and observe them in action. Berlioz's writings and those of his critics are called upon to help focus the discussion. Part I includes material on the sources of Berlioz's idiosyncrasy and a discussion of fundamental pitch elements. Part II pursues this discussion into textural, contrapuntal and orchestral features, and considers melody and rhythm. Part III deals with whole musical forms, vocal and instrumental. The book includes copious musical illustration, much of it analytical reduction, and the expressive purpose of the features analysed is fully considered. The conclusion is that Berlioz's musical language is inescapably peculiar, though not necessarily inept; features which seem inexplicable in the light of compositional theory nearly always contribute to the musical and expressive exactness of communication.
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- Date Published: September 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521082143
- length: 320 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.51kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I:
1. Background and education (I):
2. Concerning method and style
3. Concerning pitch (I): chord and progression
4. Concerning pitch (2): chromaticism, tonal relations, and modality
5. Education (2): concerning Catel, the guitar, and works of the 1820s
Part II:
6. Concerning instrumentation
7. Concerning the bass
8. Concerning counterpoint, pedal, and fugue
9. Concerning rhythm
10. Melody
Part III:
11. Vocal forms: Satz and Ursatz
12. Formal schemes in instrumental music
13. The Overture Benvenuto Cellini: an analysis
14. The figure and the background: Faust in La damnation 15. In Conclusion.
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