TY - BOOK ID - 103788363 TI - Analytical variations - eight critical essays on applied music theory PY - 2020 SN - 3631770650 3631797982 3631797974 PB - Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group DB - UniCat KW - Musical analysis. KW - Analysis, Musical KW - Analytical guides (Music) KW - Hermeneutics (Music) KW - Music KW - Music analysis KW - Music theory KW - Music appreciation KW - Analysis, appreciation KW - Analytical guides KW - Instruction and study KW - Analytical;Analytical methods;Applied;Critical;Edlund;Essays;Golden section;Music;Musical ambiguity;Musical hermeneutics;Musical plagiarism;Musical similarity;Schenkerian analysis;Theory;Variations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:103788363 AB - This book gives a critical account of various methods used in music analysis. In the first chapter, a number of current approaches such as semiotics, musical implications, Schenkerian analysis, and generative theory are demonstrated on Mozart’s K. 331 theme. Five essays deal with important concepts in music analysis: ambiguity, formal proportions, and similarity within and between works. A further chapter provides a discussion of probability, kinship, and influence – decisive criteria when judging musical plagiarism. The last essay, studying a piece by Schubert, sifts the prospects of deciphering a composer’s sexual leanings from his music. ER -