Nondirected linearity and modulatory networks in Webern’s Op. 10/4

Moreira, Daniel

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Nondirected linearity and modulatory networks in Webern’s Op. 10/4

2016Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Moreira, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-26T11:53:01Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-26T11:53:01Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description.abstract	In his recent book collecting short notes and essays about music, Eduardo Lourenço gives an insightful poetic account of two pieces of Webern—op. 10 and op. 21—that stresses the fragmentary, directionless and discontinuous character of such compositions (LOURENÇO, 2012, 45-6), an approach that resonates fairly well with a number of analytical views on this composer. Drawing from BERRY (1976) and KRAMER (1988), I argue that Lourenço’s ideas can be complemented with a more fluid, process-oriented approach that focuses on dynamic aspects that are also relevant to Webern’s musical syntax. As an example of that, I present a detailed analysis of op. 10/4, highlighting a number of either progressive or recessive tendencies (in BERRY’s terms) that occur in this piece at the textural, metrical and intervallic levels. I also show that the ultimate goal of such tendencies is generally not predictable, creating instances of nondirected linear time (in KRAMER’s terms). At the metrical level, for instance, a clear and uniform organization is gradually replaced by a much more ambiguous and stratified one, whereas at the intervallic level one notes a gradual shift of emphasis from set-class (015) to set-class (012). Supporting the intervallic analysis, I introduce two theoretical concepts—intervallic combination and modulatory network—which allow us to conceive set-class progressions in light of the mediating role played by given interval-classes. This represents a new way of looking at this movement’s set structure, different from—but complementary to—classic approaches such as FORTE’s (1973) and LEWIN’s (1993).	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	MOREIRA, Daniel - Nondirected linearity and modulatory networks in Webern’s Op. 10/4. Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia. ISSN 2183-8410. Vol. 3, n.º 1 (2016), p. 79-106	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	2183-8410
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23231
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Progressive and recessive tendencies	pt_PT
dc.subject	Nondirected linear time	pt_PT
dc.subject	Intervallic combination	pt_PT
dc.subject	Modulatory network	pt_PT
dc.title	Nondirected linearity and modulatory networks in Webern’s Op. 10/4	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.title	Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia	pt_PT
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