Highpoints: A study of melodic peaks

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Abstract

In Highpoints Zoltan Eitan investigates a universal melodic phenomenon--the melodic peak--in Western repertories ranging from eighteenth-century Galant music to twentieth-century Expressionism. Using "hard" statistical analysis, Eitan examines the rhythmic, melodic, harmonic, and dynamic configurations associated with contour peaks in the music of Haydn, Chopin, and Berg, three composers of decidedly different t musical casts.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
Number of pages187
EditionReprint 2016.
ISBN (Print)0812234057
StatePublished - 1997

Publication series

NameStudies in the criticism and theory of music
PublisherUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Keywords

  • Melodic analysis
  • MUSIC / History & Criticism

ULI Keywords

  • uli
  • Melodic analysis
  • Analysis, Melodic
  • Music -- Melodic analysis

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