TY - BOOK ID - 133605270 TI - Analytical variations : eight critical essays on applied music theory PY - 2020 SN - 9783631770658 PB - Berlin ; New York : Peter Lang, DB - UniCat KW - Musical analysis. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:133605270 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 -