Webern's miniatures and aphorisms : atonal music 1909-1914

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dc.contributor.authorKeillor, Johnen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-14T18:22:07Z
dc.date.available2024-08-14T18:22:07Z
dc.date.copyright1998en_US
dc.date.issued1998
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Music
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis concerns the atonal instrumental works of Anton Webern, composed between 1909 and 1914. These works can be divided into two groups, the "miniature" (Opp 5, 6, and 7) and the "aphorisms" (Opp 9, 10, and 11). As analysis shows, the central difference between these two groups of compositions is that the miniatures retain many recognized aspects of musical rhetoric that are abandoned in the aphorisms. Common rhetorical devices such as repetition and contrasts largely disappear in Opp 9, 10, and 11, in favour of a continuous, organic spinning-out of the possibilities of the opening musical statement. Crucial to this development are Schoenberg's Op 19 piano pieces, which provided the inspiration that led Webern from his first atonal style to the next.
dc.format.extent82 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/18373
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleWebern's miniatures and aphorisms : atonal music 1909-1914en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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