Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann [First Edition] 0195116232, 9780195116236, 9781423759775

Fantasy Pieces examines from several vantage points a vital life-force of Robert Schumann's music, namely metrical

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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 14
Promenade through the Town of Euphonia......Page 18
Waldscene: Ideas of Metrical Conflict in the Twentieth Century......Page 28
Layers of Motion......Page 37
Interaction of Layers......Page 44
Resultant Rhythms......Page 54
Relationships between Dissonances......Page 56
Distinctions between Dissonances......Page 60
THREE: Intermezzo I: Influences on Schumann's Metrical Style......Page 80
Metrical Progressions......Page 97
Metrical Maps......Page 100
Metrical Processes......Page 101
FIVE: Intermezzo II: Metrical Revisions......Page 132
SIX: Interactions of Metrical Dissonance with Pitch Structure, Form, and Extramusical Elements......Page 157
Interactions of Metrical Dissonance with Form and Pitch Structure......Page 158
Metrical Dissonance and Text......Page 171
Meanings of Metrical Dissonance in Instrumental Music......Page 186
SEVEN: Intermezzo III: Performing Metrical Dissonances......Page 192
"Valse française" (Hector Berlioz, "Un bal," from Symphonie, fantastique)......Page 202
"Mètres Dansants" (Robert Schumann, Intermezzi op. 4)......Page 207
"Chopin" (Frédéric Chopin, various works)......Page 214
"Répliques" (Robert Schumann, Scherzo in F Minor)......Page 218
"Chiarina" (Clara Schumann, Piano Trio op. 17, second movement)......Page 224
"Valses contre les Philistins" (Robert Schumann, Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26, first movement)......Page 228
"Kreisler jun." (Johannes Brahms, Piano Sonata op. 5, first movement)......Page 234
"Eusebius" (Robert Schumann, String Quartet op. 41 no. 2, second movement)......Page 239
"Blumenstück" (Charles Ives, "Two Little Flowers")......Page 247
"Florestan" (Robert Schumann, Symphony no. 3 op. 97, first movement)......Page 251
"Pierrot" (Arnold Schoenberg, "Valse de Chopin" from Pierrot lunaire)......Page 259
Epilogue: Morning Song......Page 264
D......Page 268
P......Page 269
W......Page 270
Notes......Page 271
Bibliography......Page 290
List of Cited Works by Robert Schumann......Page 297
B......Page 300
H......Page 301
M......Page 302
S......Page 304
Z......Page 305

Fantasy Pieces: Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann [First Edition]
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