Rhythmic-Energetic Intensification
Rhythmic-Energetic Intensification
On the Formal Trajectory of Sonata Expositions in Viennese Classicism
Those familiar with music will know that the secondary theme of a Viennese Classical sonata exposition is presented in a contrasting key. Less well known is that this harmonic modulation is accompanied by a rhythmic and energetic intensification that both dramatizes and structures the music. From this perspective, sonata form emerges as the musical form of the Enlightenment. Felix Baumann shows how this approach yields innovative insights that are compatible with recent theoretical developments while also offering a fruitful complement to them. The result is a significant contribution to music theory, musicology, and music aesthetics, as well as an invitation to engage with the subject in new ways.
Felix Baumann (Prof.), geb. 1961, unterrichtet Komposition und Musiktheorie und leitet die Studiengänge in Komposition, Musiktheorie, Sound Design und Tonmeister sowie in Co-Leitung das Studio für zeitgenössische Musik an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, ZHdK. Er studierte Klavier, Komposition, Musiktheorie, Schulmusik und Dirigieren in Luzern und Basel sowie Rhythmus bei Pierre Favre. Schwerpunkte seiner kompositorischen Tätigkeit bilden die sich entfaltende Bewegung, Themen der Verständigung sowie das Hören an sich.
- ISBN-13
- 9783837684773
- Publisher
- transcript, transcript Verlag
- Imprint
- transcript
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 200
- Dimensions
- 225 x 148 mm
- Language
- English