Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music

Author : Peter Alexander Thoegersen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000631326

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Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music by Peter Alexander Thoegersen Pdf

This book introduces polytempic polymicrotonality as a new musical aesthetic. It proposes music with more than one microtonal tuning system and discusses examples from the literature to give an historic framework showing that this tendency has been present throughout human musical history. Polytempo is a tool for which polymicrotonal structures can function in relief from its background, and it acts as a frame, or ground structure, that is multidimensional, akin to the advancement of perspective in Renaissance art. The book has historic significance as it is the only book of its category, or genre, in music that features polymicrotonality in music composition or production. It displays examples of music literature for musical precedence in this area, focusing on Charles Ives’s Universe Symphony, unfinished since 1925.

Author : Peter Thoegersen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-08-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9815129058

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Maqam Melodies by Peter Thoegersen Pdf

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths. The ratio 3/2, as the fifth overtone in the overtone series, is used as a multiplier leading to numeric ratios for all pitches in the tetrachords and pentachords of the maqam. Musicians today are highly curious about expanding the pitch palette and are already employing microtones in their music, from folk rock to classical music. The maqam is among the few extant analyzed systems of music from antiquity that reflect the methods of the Greek Genera, in terms of tuning and function. The book also discusses Charles Ives's use of microtones, Bach and his use of microtones, and a score of Hypercube, the seminal composition discussed in the author's first book, Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music, which was not published in its entirety in the former book. The text covers microtones philosophically, questioning the efficacy of such tunings. This book is accessible to the beginners in the field and will be beneficial to musical analyses in colleges and universities also by showing detailed analysis of Bach chorales in their original modes, and how their tuning presented complete character shifts by the microtones they contained by mean-tone temperament, an offshoot of Pythagorean tuning during the Baroque.

Author : Peter Thoegersen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-08-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781040051412

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Maqam Melodies by Peter Thoegersen Pdf

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths. The ratio 3/2, as the fifth overtone in the overtone series, is used as a multiplier leading to numeric ratios for all pitches in the tetrachords and pentachords of the maqam. Musicians today are highly curious about expanding the pitch palette and are already employing microtones in their music, from folk rock to classical music. The maqam is among the few extant analyzed systems of music from antiquity that reflect the methods of the Greek Genera, in terms of tuning and function. The book also discusses Charles Ives's use of microtones, Bach and his use of microtones, and a score of Hypercube, the seminal composition discussed in the author’s first book, Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music, which was not published in its entirety in the former book. The text covers microtones philosophically, questioning the efficacy of such tunings. This book is accessible to the beginners in the field and will be beneficial to musical analyses in colleges and universities also by showing detailed analysis of Bach chorales in their original modes, and how their tuning presented complete character shifts by the microtones they contained by mean-tone temperament, an offshoot of Pythagorean tuning during the Baroque.

Author : David Toop
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781441183705

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Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom by David Toop Pdf

Shortlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2017. In this first installment of acclaimed music writer David Toop's interdisciplinary and sweeping overview of free improvisation, Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 introduces the philosophy and practice of improvisation (both musical and otherwise) within the historical context of the post-World War II era. Neither strictly chronological, or exclusively a history, Into the Maelstrom investigates a wide range of improvisational tendencies: from surrealist automatism to stream-of-consciousness in literature and vocalization; from the free music of Percy Grainger to the free improvising groups emerging out of the early 1960s (Group Ongaku, Nuova Consonanza, MEV, AMM, the Spontaneous Music Ensemble); and from free jazz to the strands of free improvisation that sought to distance itself from jazz. In exploring the diverse ways in which spontaneity became a core value in the early twentieth century as well as free improvisation's connection to both 1960s rock (The Beatles, Cream, Pink Floyd) and the era of post-Cagean indeterminacy in composition, Toop provides a definitive and all-encompassing exploration of free improvisation up to 1970, ending with the late 1960s international developments of free music from Roscoe Mitchell in Chicago, Peter Brötzmann in Berlin and Han Bennink and Misha Mengelberg in Amsterdam.

Author : Gareth Loy
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780262516556

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Musimathics, Volume 1 by Gareth Loy Pdf

A commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science. “Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune,” writes Gareth Loy. In Musimathics, Loy teaches us the tune, providing a friendly and spirited tour of the mathematics of music—a commonsense, self-contained introduction for the nonspecialist reader. It is designed for musicians who find their art increasingly mediated by technology, and for anyone who is interested in the intersection of art and science. In Volume 1, Loy presents the materials of music (notes, intervals, and scales); the physical properties of music (frequency, amplitude, duration, and timbre); the perception of music and sound (how we hear); and music composition. Calling himself “a composer seduced into mathematics,” Loy provides answers to foundational questions about the mathematics of music accessibly yet rigorously. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio. Additional material can be found at http://www.musimathics.com.

Author : Johnny Reinhard
Publisher : Quellen und Studien zur Musikgeschichte von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart. Sources and Studies in Music History from Antiquity to the Present
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Musical intervals and scales
ISBN : 3631672055

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Bach and Tuning by Johnny Reinhard Pdf

Bach and Tuning is strictly concerned with the identification of a historically accurate tuning paradigm that applies to the great majority of Johann Sebastian Bach's music. This fresh narrative reveals the great composer's intentions regarding intonation. A new intimate dimension of expression is the result.

Author : J. Murray Barbour
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486317359

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Tuning and Temperament by J. Murray Barbour Pdf

This classic chronicle of the longstanding challenges of tuning and temperament devotes a chapter to each principal theory, features a glossary and numerous tables, and requires only minimal background in music theory.

Author : William A. Sethares
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781447141778

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Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale by William A. Sethares Pdf

Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale focuses on perceptions of consonance and dissonance, and how these are dependent on timbre. This also relates to musical scale: certain timbres sound more consonant in some scales than others. Sensory consonance and the ability to measure it have important implications for the design of audio devices and for musical theory and analysis. Applications include methods of adapting sounds for arbitrary scales, ways to specify scales for nonharmonic sounds, and techniques of sound manipulation based on maximizing (or minimizing) consonance. Special consideration is given here to a new method of adaptive tuning that can automatically adjust the tuning of a piece based its timbral character so as to minimize dissonance. Audio examples illustrating the ideas presented are provided on an accompanying CD. This unique analysis of sound and scale will be of interest to physicists and engineers working in acoustics, as well as to musicians and psychologists.

Author : Gareth Loy
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780262292757

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Musimathics, Volume 1 by Gareth Loy Pdf

A commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science. “Mathematics can be as effortless as humming a tune, if you know the tune,” writes Gareth Loy. In Musimathics, Loy teaches us the tune, providing a friendly and spirited tour of the mathematics of music—a commonsense, self-contained introduction for the nonspecialist reader. It is designed for musicians who find their art increasingly mediated by technology, and for anyone who is interested in the intersection of art and science. In Volume 1, Loy presents the materials of music (notes, intervals, and scales); the physical properties of music (frequency, amplitude, duration, and timbre); the perception of music and sound (how we hear); and music composition. Calling himself “a composer seduced into mathematics,” Loy provides answers to foundational questions about the mathematics of music accessibly yet rigorously. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio. Additional material can be found at http://www.musimathics.com.

Author : Thomas Donahue
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Music
ISBN : 0810854384

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A Guide to Musical Temperament by Thomas Donahue Pdf

Author Thomas Donahue assembles new information and material from previous sources, providing a comprehensive outline of theories and a historical overview that fills a neglected niche in music and keyboard reference."--Jacket.

Author : John H. Chalmers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008692654

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Divisions of the Tetrachord by John H. Chalmers Pdf

Author : Alexander Rehding
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781139436717

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Hugo Riemann and the Birth of Modern Musical Thought by Alexander Rehding Pdf

Generally acknowledged as the most important German musicologist of his age, Hugo Riemann (1849–1919) shaped the ideas of generations of music scholars, not least because his work coincided with the institutionalisation of academic musicology around the turn of the last century. This influence, however, belies the contentious idea at the heart of his musical thought, an idea he defended for most of his career - harmonic dualism. By situating Riemann's musical thought within turn-of-the-century discourses about the natural sciences, German nationhood and modern technology, this book reconstructs the cultural context in which Riemann's ideas not only 'made sense' but advanced an understanding of the tonal tradition as both natural and German. Riemann's musical thought - from his considerations of acoustical properties to his aesthetic and music-historical views - thus regains the coherence and cultural urgency that it once possessed.

Author : Guelph Spring Festival Archives,Benjamin Britten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1315431333

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Curlew River by Guelph Spring Festival Archives,Benjamin Britten Pdf

Author : Christiaan Huygens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042478813

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Le Cycle Harmonique (Rotterdam 1691) by Christiaan Huygens Pdf

Muziektheoretische studie van de Nederlandse wis-, natuurkundige en astronoom (1629-1695)

Author : Owen Jorgensen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042402714

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Tuning the Historical Temperaments by Ear by Owen Jorgensen Pdf