Post-Tonal Affinities in Piano Works of Bartók, Chen, and Crumb

The book explores cellular pivots as a new means of progression, functional tonality having disappeared in much of contemporary music. Béla Bartók serves as a kind of father figure to Chen Yi and George Crumb - stylistically, technically, and even philosophically. These affinities provide insight into universal principles of the post-tonal era.

Autorentext

Monica Kang received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from The University of Texas at Austin. She also holds dual bachelor degrees in math and music from Northwestern University. Her research focuses on the affinities between music and other disciplines.

Inhalt

Contents: Late romanticism to post-tonal era - Cellular pivots - Modality and polymodality - Folk tunes and transformations - Cellular transformations - Pentatony - Octatonicism - Hungarian, Chinese, and American musical idioms - East-West musical synthesis - Jazz inspiration.