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Elements of Continuity in Alexander Scriabin's Musical Language: An Analysis of Selected Piano Preludes

KEE, SOONBOK
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1204677896

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2008, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music : Piano.
Early twentieth-century music often merges late Romanticism with new musical techniques. The music of Alexander Scriabin displays these transitional attributes. His early compositional style is often Romantic in character, while the middle period works lead to the atonality typical of his late music. This study will focus on Scriabin's middle- and late-period piano preludes, seeking out elements of continuity. Chapter one approaches the formal structure of these preludes by examining the regular phrasing that is common in Scriabin's two- and three-part forms. In both the middle and late periods, the combination and interaction of exact and transposed repetition is a prominent compositional procedure. The same transpositional levels are found in both periods, but the frequency with which they are used distinguishes the periods from one another. The second chapter focuses on Scriabin's harmonic language. Initially, the discussion examines contrasting harmonic features of the final cadences in the middle and late period. Commonly-used sets are points of confluence in both periods, but their usage in diverse harmonic contexts results in clear differences. The final portion of this chapter discusses the cyclic and symmetrical properties of sets used in both periods, as well as the relationship between their subsets and supersets.
Dr. C. Catherine Losada (Committee Chair)
77 p.
Music
Alexander Scriabin; Piano Preludes; Continuity; Repetition; Set Theory

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  • KEE, S. (2008). Elements of Continuity in Alexander Scriabin's Musical Language: An Analysis of Selected Piano Preludes [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1204677896

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • KEE, SOONBOK. Elements of Continuity in Alexander Scriabin's Musical Language: An Analysis of Selected Piano Preludes. 2008. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1204677896.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • KEE, SOONBOK. "Elements of Continuity in Alexander Scriabin's Musical Language: An Analysis of Selected Piano Preludes." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1204677896

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