
Musical Waves
West Coast Perspectives of Pitch, Narrative, and Form
Jack Boss(Author)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published on 31. July 2020
Book
Hardback
206 pages
978-1-5275-5038-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume draws together papers delivered at the 2018 meeting of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis. It comprises a wide range of analytical approaches, including those inspired by Schoenberg, his theories and works; methods of applying transformational theory to analysis; and studies in narrative and form. Representing the diversifying discipline of music research, the book pointedly contains several approaches to popular music. It represents the cutting-edge nature of the repertoire under inspection, and the reader will find in this book a compendium of analytic techniques for numerous musical styles.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-5038-4 (9781527550384)
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West Coast Perspectives of Pitch, Narrative, and Form
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Persons
Andrew Aziz is Associate Professor of Music Theory at San Diego State University, having completed his doctorate at the Eastman School of Music, USA, in 2013. His research explores the perception of form throughout common practice and fin-de-siecle repertoire; he has presented on these topics and others at over twenty-five regional, national, and international conferences. His publications can be found in Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy Online, Music Analysis, Music Theory and Analysis, Music Theory Online, Proceedings of EuroMac IX, and Sonus. Jack Boss is Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Oregon. His research interests include motive, harmony, and long-range coherence in Schoenberg's music. His book Schoenberg's Twelve-Tone Music: Symmetry and the Musical Idea (2014) received the Wallace Berry Award from the Society for Music Theory. A second book, Schoenberg's Atonal Music: Musical Idea, Basic Image, and Specters of Tonal Function, was published in 2019. His articles may be found in the Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Spectrum, Perspectives of New Music, Music Theory Online, Music Analysis, Integral, Gamut, and Konturen. He was President of the West Coast Conference of Music Theory and Analysis from 2003 to 2018.