Theoretical methods show their value in that, like keys, they help to unlock hitherto unintelligible connections. Lendvai discovered the fact that Bartók’s music is rooted in nature: he developed a system of integrating every aspect of the composition – form, rhythm and proportions, together with melodic and harmonic structures, bridge form.
Mattheson’s Concept of Klangrede in Two Fugues by Bach and Mozart
Source(s) of analysis: Score Musical work: Fugue in D major BWV 873 / The Well-Tempered Clavier (vol. 2), Kyrie / Requiem in D minor K. 626 Year of creation: 1739–42, 1791 Composer's name: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Methods of analysis: Formal analysis, Rhetoric analysis, Style analysis
Target Group / Study LevelLevel of music analysis knowledge: Intermediate
Study cycle: Bachelor, Master
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