compositional languages fall 2012
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Compositional Languages Fall 2012. Instructor: Prof. SIGMAN Tuesday 13:00-15:00 Lecture X. End-of-Semester Schedule. 11/20: 16 th , 18 th , and 20 th century Counterpoint 11/27: 20 th century Polyphony: Ives, Varèse, Ferneyhough 12/04: Musical Timbre - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Compositional LanguagesFall 2012
Instructor: Prof. SIGMANTuesday 13:00-15:00
Lecture X
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End-of-Semester Schedule
• 11/20: 16th, 18th, and 20th century Counterpoint
• 11/27: 20th century Polyphony: Ives, Varèse, Ferneyhough
• 12/04: Musical Timbre• 12/11: Final Project Presentations; Study
Guide distributed• 12/18: FINAL EXAM ( 시험 )
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Topics 오늘 :
• I. Palestrina and 16th Century Counterpoint• II. Bach and 18th century counterpoint• III. 20th century examples: Bartok and
Shostakovich
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What is “Counterpoint?”
• Contra = against • Punctus = point
• “note against note”• basis for polyphony • Voices are independent• Voices contain similar material
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I. 16th Century Counterpoint
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A. Contexts
• Madrigals• Motets• Masses
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B. Giovanni Luigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
• Italian Renaissance composer• Influenced by Josquin, Dufay, and other
Franco-Flemish polyphonic composers• 1545: Council of Trent• Highly prolific ( 다작의 ) composer of masses,
motets, and madrigals
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C. Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741): Gradus ad Parnassum
• Austrian composer and theorist• Author of Gradus ad Parnassum [The Steps at
Parnassus], *the* authority on 16th century counterpoint
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Gradus ad Parnassum (1725)
• written as teacher-student dialogue• Progressive study of species counterpoint• Increasing in complexity • for composers
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C. Species Counterpoint
• 1) First species: 1 note against 1 note• 2) Second species: 1 note against 2 notes• 3) Third Species: 1 note against 4 notes• 4) Fourth Species: Second species with
suspensions• 5) Fifth Species: mixed note values (“florid”
counterpoint) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Counterpoint#Species_counterpoint
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D. Modes
6 “ecclesiastical” modes: •1) Dorian•2) Phrygian•3) Lydian •4) Mixolydian•5) Aeolian•6) Ionian
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E. Consonance and Dissonance
• Consonant intervals: 3rds, 6ths, 5ths, octaves
• Dissonant intervals: 2nds, Perfect 4ths, Tritones, 7ths
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F. Dissonance Treatment
• Passing and neighbour tones• Suspensions• Cambiata figures:
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G. Example: Missa pro Defuntis, Kyrie
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6_3Q3sxoOs
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1. Analysis: Basic Properties
• 5 voices • 3 points of imitation (Kyrie eleison/Christe
eleison/Kyrie eleison) • Fifth species counterpoint • Ionian mode (on F final)
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2. Analysis: Source Material
• Paraphrase of chant • First 8 measures: literal quotation• Rhythm: long -> short note values
[provided by Palestrina]
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3. Analysis: Part Writing
• 1-2 subjects at a time• Voices overlap, except at important cadences• Overlapping = continuity of texture and
independence of voices • Step-wise/conjunct ( 점진적의 ) motion
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4. Analysis: Imitation ( 무방 )
• Melodic interval: P4, P5, unison, or octave• Rhythmic interval (or distance) between
voices: 2 beats -> 4 measures • Augmentation/diminution
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II. 18th Century Counterpoint
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A. Contexts
• Inventions (2 voices)• Sinfoniae (3 voices) • Canons (3+ voices) • Fugues (3-4+ voices) • Masses
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B. The Fugue
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZM4yxbE0ZE
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Example: J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Book I,
Fuga XVI • G minor• 4 voices• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=IZX5ShQkP20
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1. Large-Scale Form
• Expositions• Episodes
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a. Exposition
• Contains subjects and answers (imitation) in 3-4 voices
• 1-2 Counter-subjects (against subject and answers)
• Bridge (between voice entrances)
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b. Episode
• Contains sequences • Series of tonicisations• 1 model/sequence • No complete statement of the subject• Function: modulation; connects Expositions
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2. Subjects: Real vs. Tonal Answer
• Real answer: exactly the same as first statement of subject
• Tonal answer: modified to fit key • In Fuga XVI, tonal answer at the 4th/5th (why?)
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3. Devices
• Episodes: Circle of 5ths progressions• mm. 30-32: stretto
[voice entrances interrupt each other] [builds intensity towards final cadence]
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III. Counterpoint in the 20th Century
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A. Dmitri Shostakovich, Fugue in C Major op. 87 (1952)
• Fugue subject: entrance on every white key• ONLY white keys (no #/b) • On B: “tonal answer”: P5-> Tritone (B-> F,
rather than B-> F#) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=awvQ3jgcxg4
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B. Béla Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, Mvt. I
(1936)• Chromatic subject• “Spiral” of Entrances: circle of 5ths in 2
directions (A-> E-> D-> B-> G-> F#-> C -> C#-> F, etc.)
• Asymmetrical meter • Voice entrances -> climax• Stretto used http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WNw_2auj1RQ