Long-range polyrhythms in Elliott Carter's recent music.

Title: Long-range polyrhythms in Elliott Carter's recent music.
Identifier: AAI9417488
identifier: 9417488
Creator: Link, John F.
Contributor: Adviser: Joseph N. Straus
Date: 1994
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Music
Abstract: Although Elliott Carter (b. 1908) is recognized around the world as one of the foremost composers of the late twentieth century, the music he composed in the 1980s--one of the most productive periods of his career--has received very little scholarly attention. During that time Carter developed a clear and expressive rhythmic language, based on long-range polyrhythms, that imparts a new sense of global organization to his recent works, and has significant implications for the more general theoretical issue of rhythm in post-tonal music. This dissertation is a study of long-range polyrhythms in Carter's music from Night Fantasies (1980) to Anniversary (1989). Chapter 1 considers the abstract properties of long-range polyrhythms. Chapter 2 examines the types of polyrhythms Carter has favored in his recent works and his decisions regarding notation. In chapter 3 questions about the musical palpability of long-range polyrhythms are addressed from the point of view of the listener/analyst, numerous examples given of how long-range polyrhythms can enrich our hearing of Carter's recent music.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.