The analytical case study presents a harmonic analysis of a post-tonal work, Corale, interludio e aria for flute, harpsichord, and string ensemble by Eugeniusz Knapik, composed in 1978. The study focuses on the composer’s strategies of harmonic organization and the different harmonic structures employed throughout the work. The analytical framework is based on the terminology developed by Tadeusz Andrzej Zieliński (Podstawy harmoniki nowoczesnej, Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 2009). The analysis demonstrates that the work combines elements referring to tradition — such as tertian chords, modal thinking, and pitch centralization — with modern compositional strategies characteristic of post-tonal music, including the stabilization of the harmonic range, with harmonic tension playing a key role within individual structures, as well as the extensive use of cluster-like sonorities.
Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory
Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory
Designed for a course in twenty-first-century techniques and analysis, this text offers a clear, comprehensive introduction to the basic concepts…
Harmony
Used by: Conservatorio of Music "G. Verdi" (ITALY)
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