For our first analysis symposium, we will focus on a classic piece by Anton Webern, his Variations for Piano, Op. 27.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hZXpDGQ-0M[/embedyt]Download the score from the readings folder.
Continue reading Week 6: Webern, Variations for Piano, Op. 27 (Analysis Symposium #1) (F18)
This week you will learn about 12-tone serial techniques and the variety of ways this can be implemented. You’ll learn how to identify row forms, do a row count, make a matrix, and interpret serial pieces. You will also do a guided analysis of a piece by Ruth Crawford Seeger, “Prayers of Steel” from Three Songs.
Also: make a test comment on this post so that I can approve you as a commenter for next week’s discussion, and so that you can try out the comment function. Continue reading Week 5: Serialism (F18)
August 30 to Sept 5. This week, you’ll read about the most prominent theory of narrative in the field of music theory and analyze a piece with narrative theory. This week ends in an in-person meeting on Sept 5.
Continue reading Week 2: Narrative (F18)
