Michael Rofe

Dimensions of Energy in Shostakovich's Symphonies

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Produktbeschreibung

Shostakovich's music is often described as being dynamic, energetic. But what is meant by 'energy' in music? After setting out a broad conceptual framework for approaching this question, Michael Rofe proposes various potential sources of the perceived energy in Shostakovich's symphonies, describing also the historical significance of energeticist thought in Soviet Russia during the composer's formative years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 611g
• ISBN-13: 9781409407454
• ISBN-10: 1409407454
• Artikelnr.: 41247703

Autorenporträt

Michael Rofe's background is in music theory and analysis. He is particularly interested in contemporary music, musical energetics, Russian music, music and time, and temporal proportion in music; he has additional interests in popular music and music technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Examples
Part I: Dimensions of Energy
1. Defining Musical Energy; Projecting Energy Musically
2. Energy as Melodic-Harmonic Motion: Yavorsky's 'Theory of Modal Rhythm'
3. Energy and the Unfolding of Time: Proportional Distribution and (Im)Balance
4. Form in Formation: Process and Pattern Building
5. Form in Reflection: Archetype and Energy
6. Symphonism
Part II: Applications and Implications
7. Multi-Dimensional Energies: Symphony No. 6(i)
8. About-Face? Symphonies Nos 4(i) and 5(i)
9. Shostakovich as Symphonist; Shostakovich as Modernist: Symphony No. 14
10. Intention
Intuition or a Third Way? A Balanced Approach to Golden Section
Epilogue: Using Proportions as Interpretative Tools
Appendix I: Accuracy Margin
Appendix II: Statistical Tests
Bibliography
Index

Rezensionen

'Rofe's study is a welcome addition to Shostakovich scholarship and will certainly influence the analysis of his music.' Russian Review 'Clearly written, coherently argued and generous in its engagement with other scholars, Dimensions of Energy in Shostakovich's Symphonies is evidence of a long-awaited and long wished for turn to detailed analytical work on the composer's scores themselves, and suggests that there are reasons to be optimistic, both about the future of Shostakovich studies, and about the fate of Shostakovich's music in the concert hall'. Philip Ross Bullock, Slavonic and East European Review