Variation and Developing Variation under a Transformational Perspective

The present article introduces the current version of an analytical model, which proposes a transformational conception for musical variation. According to this perspective, an archetypical variation is considered as a generic function capable to transform a referential musical idea into another one...

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Main Author: Carlos de Lemos Almada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise Musical 2019-09-01
Series:Musica Theorica
Online Access:https://revistamusicatheorica.tema.mus.br/index.php/musica-theorica/article/view/95
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description The present article introduces the current version of an analytical model, which proposes a transformational conception for musical variation. According to this perspective, an archetypical variation is considered as a generic function capable to transform a referential musical idea into another one to which is related by some degree of similarity. The study addresses a number of co-related concepts, classifications, and assumptions whose interaction aims at consolidating this new theoretical formulation. The last section presents a typology for Schoenberg's principle of developing variation under the transformational point of view.
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spelling doaj.art-078e1be7e7b54ed9a6f722aeccaab0ab2023-05-01T22:19:07ZengAssociação Brasileira de Teoria e Análise MusicalMusica Theorica2525-55412019-09-014110.52930/mt.v4i1.95Variation and Developing Variation under a Transformational PerspectiveCarlos de Lemos Almada0Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)The present article introduces the current version of an analytical model, which proposes a transformational conception for musical variation. According to this perspective, an archetypical variation is considered as a generic function capable to transform a referential musical idea into another one to which is related by some degree of similarity. The study addresses a number of co-related concepts, classifications, and assumptions whose interaction aims at consolidating this new theoretical formulation. The last section presents a typology for Schoenberg's principle of developing variation under the transformational point of view.https://revistamusicatheorica.tema.mus.br/index.php/musica-theorica/article/view/95
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