The Music of Igor Stravinsky
The Music of Igor Stravinsky

Pieter C. Van den Toorn (author)

Discipline: Music Analysis

Category: Style analysis

Type: Analytical studies

The book is fundamental to the understanding of Stravinsky’s music, especially in relation to the Russian and neoclassical periods. It strongly questions the validity of common theoretical concepts such as politonality. It does pioneer work in the presentation of the interaction between the two tone sets most characteristic of Stravinsky’s music, the diatonic and octatonic scales.

Keywords: politonality

Publication languageEnglish
Publication place (country)United States
Publication place (city)New Haven
Publication year1983
Used by (country)HUNGARY
Used by (city)DEBRECEN
Used by (institution)University Of Debrecen
Identifier 9780300038842

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