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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Danuta Mirka (Harry N. and Ruth F. Wyatt Professor of Music Theory, Harry N. and Ruth F. Wyatt Professor of Music Theory, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.739kg ISBN: 9780197548905ISBN 10: 0197548903 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 12 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Note on Terminology, Language, and Musical Examples Chapter 1. Hypermeter 1.1. Accents 1.2. Counting 1.3. Phrases and Hypermeasures 1.4. Dynamic Model of Hypermeter Chapter 2. Phrase Structure 2.1. Caesuras and Melodic Sections Contained by Them 2.2. Length and Proportion of Melodic Sections Chapter 3. Hypermetrical Irregularity in Basic Phrases 3.1. Irregular Phrases 3.2. Subdivisions 3.3. Long Phrases without Subdivisions Chapter 4. Hypermetrical Irregularities in Compound Phrases 4.1. Left Elision, Right Elision, and Overlap 4.2. Right and Left Deletion 4.3. Phrase-Rhythmic Scenarios after a Cadence 4.4. Shadow Hypermeter Chapter 5. Hypermetrical Irregularities in Expanded Phrases 5.1. Parenthesis 5.2. Repetition 5.3. Appendix Chapter 6. Further Means of Phrase Expansion 6.1. Overridden Caesuras 6.2. Twisted Caesuras 6.3. Loops 6.4. Stretches 6.5. Written-out Rallentando Chapter 7. Hypermeter Beyond Phrase Structure 7.1. Sequences 7.2. Fugato 7.3. Augmented Cadences Chapter 8. Hypermeter, Phrase Structure, and Rhetorical Figures 8.1. Ellipsis 8.2. Anadiplosis Chapter 9. Beyond Rhetoric 9.1. Haydn, String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 50 No. 3, First Movement 9.2. Haydn, String Quartet in C major, Op. 64 No. 1, First Movement 9.3. Fiddler on the Roof in Haydn's String Quartets Bibliography Index of Compositions by Haydn and Mozart General IndexReviewsIn its brilliant synthesis of historical music theories, current theoretical and cognitive research, and detailed analyses, this book sets the standard for future discussions of rhythmic structure in music of the Classical style. * Fred Lerdahl, Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition, Columbia University * With the rigor characteristic of Metric Manipulations, Mirka now expertly weaves together historical and contemporary approaches to hypermetric manipulations, grounding rhythmic theory and eighteenth-century style and form in listener experience. * Leigh VanHandel, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of British Columbia * This book represents music theory scholarship at its very best. It sets new standards for how musicians can employ sophisticated historical concepts in a comprehensive and creative fashion, as it shares exciting insights into some of the most beloved works from the Classical repertoire. * L. Poundie Burstein, author of Journeys Through Galant Expositions * fascinating book * W.E. Grim, CHOICE Connect, Vol. 59 No. 8 * In its brilliant synthesis of historical music theories, current theoretical and cognitive research, and detailed analyses, this book sets the standard for future discussions of rhythmic structure in music of the Classical style. * Fred Lerdahl, Fritz Reiner Professor Emeritus of Musical Composition, Columbia University * With the rigor characteristic of Metric Manipulations, Mirka now expertly weaves together historical and contemporary approaches to hypermetric manipulations, grounding rhythmic theory and eighteenth-century style and form in listener experience. * Leigh VanHandel, Associate Professor of Music Theory, University of British Columbia * This book represents music theory scholarship at its very best. It sets new standards for how musicians can employ sophisticated historical concepts in a comprehensive and creative fashion, as it shares exciting insights into some of the most beloved works from the Classical repertoire. * L. Poundie Burstein, author of Journeys Through Galant Expositions * Author Information"Danuta Mirka is Harry N. and Ruth F. Wyatt Professor of Music Theory at the Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University. Her main research interests include theory and analysis of meter and rhythm and study of musical communication in the late eighteenth century. She is the co-editor, with Kofi Agawu, of Communication in Eighteenth-Century Music and the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Topic Theory, which received the Citation of Special Merit from the Society for Music Theory in 2015. Her books include The Sonoristic Structuralism of Krzysztof Penderecki and Metric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart: Chamber Music for Strings, 1787-1791, which won the 2011 Wallace Berry Award of the Society for Music Theory. A former vice president of the Society for Music Analysis, her articles have appeared in such scholarly journals as The Journal of Musicology, Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory Online, Eighteenth-Century Music, The American Journal of Semiotics, Semiotica, and The Musical Quarterly. Her article ""The Mystery of the Cadential Six-Four"" received the 2017 Roland Jackson Award from the American Musicological Society." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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