Polymetric layering and tonal language in the piano etudes of Gyorgy Ligeti

Title: Polymetric layering and tonal language in the piano etudes of Gyorgy Ligeti
Identifier: d_2009_2013:22724336c29b:11668
identifier: 12256
Creator: Podgurski, Barbara,
Contributor: Philip Lambert | Shaugn O'Donnell
Date: 2013
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Music | analysis | compositional elements | Etudes | language | Ligeti | rhythmic cycles
Abstract: Gyorgy Ligeti's eighteen piano etudes were composed over a period of fifteen years, yet they constitute a coherent body of music literature. In this dissertation I explore recurring compositional elements that are significant unifying factors in these works, particularly the following six properties: referential collections, pulsation patterns and rhythmic cycles (including continuum and polymetric layering), aksak rhythms, intervallic orientation, melodic structures, and canon (in the later etudes).;After a brief outline of these components in the etudes as a whole, I focus in greater depth on polymetric layering and continuum in "Entrelacs," and elements of continuum, rhythmic cycles, pitch collections, and structural design in "Der Zauberlehrling." My original analytical techniques include rhythmic reductions of continuum layers, mapping of durational cycles, and pitch-range graphs.
Type: dissertation
Source: 2009_2013.csv
degree: D.M.A.
Program: Music

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