THE FITZWILLIAM VIRGINAL BOOK DANCES: THE FUSION OF RHYTHM AND TONAL STRUCTURE IN THE LATE RENAISSANCE. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Title
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THE FITZWILLIAM VIRGINAL BOOK DANCES: THE FUSION OF RHYTHM AND TONAL STRUCTURE IN THE LATE RENAISSANCE. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Identifier
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AAI8222926
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identifier
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8222926
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Creator
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BEDER, JODI.
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Contributor
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an illegible signiture
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Date
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1982
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to examine the formal design and the interaction of form-creating elements of rhythm and tone, texture and motif, harmonic and contrapuntal motion, in the dances of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, the largest collection of keyboard music of the English Renaissance.;Implicit in the concept of dance music is the use of periodic structure, that is, the extension of meter to higher levels of organization. The composers of the FVB dances recognized the musical implications of periodic structure and of the conventional two- and three-strain schemes of dance music. The possibilities of development and contrast, continuity, departure and return are systematically exploited in the FVB dances. The virginalists were able to make use of the constraints of dance music while at the same time being free of the practical constraints of dance performance.;The FVB dances were composed during a time of major musical change. The modification of the modes to accommodate the emerging major-minor polarity of modern tonality is an important theme in the Elizabethan dance. The introduction of periodic structure into art music was coupled historically with developments in tonal organization. Musical forms were dictated increasingly by the use of tonic and dominant as the two main tonal areas, making possible new hierarchical structures. The special appeal of dance music for the major Elizabethan composers, and in fact for composers of the Baroque and later periods, can only be understood through an exploration of the relationship of meter, phrasing, mode, and tonal structure. This study initiates that exploration with an examination of the first major body of dances to be composed as art music.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Music
