Fantasy Pieces : Metrical Dissonance in the Music of Robert Schumann.

Intro -- Contents -- ONE: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Theories of Metrical Conflict -- Promenade through the Town of Euphonia -- Waldscene: Ideas of Metrical Conflict in the Twentieth Century -- TWO: Metrical Consonance and Dissonance - Definitions and Taxonomy -- Layers of Motion -- Interaction of Layers -- Resultant Rhythms -- Relationships between Dissonances -- Distinctions between Dissonances -- THREE: Intermezzo I: Influences on Schumann's Metrical Style -- FOUR: Metrical Progressions and Processes -- Metrical Progressions -- Metrical Maps -- Metrical Processes -- FIVE: Intermezzo II: Metrical Revisions -- SIX: Interactions of Metrical Dissonance with Pitch Structure, Form, and Extramusical Elements -- Interactions of Metrical Dissonance with Form and Pitch Structure -- Metrical Dissonance and Text -- Meanings of Metrical Dissonance in Instrumental Music -- SEVEN: Intermezzo III: Performing Metrical Dissonances -- EIGHT: Carnaval des analyses -- Valse française" (Hector Berlioz, "Un bal," from Symphonie, fantastique) -- Mètres Dansants" (Robert Schumann, Intermezzi op. 4) -- Chopin" (Frédéric Chopin, various works) -- Répliques" (Robert Schumann, Scherzo in F Minor) -- Chiarina" (Clara Schumann, Piano Trio op. 17, second movement) -- Valses contre les Philistins" (Robert Schumann, Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26, first movement) -- Kreisler jun." (Johannes Brahms, Piano Sonata op. 5, first movement) -- Eusebius" (Robert Schumann, String Quartet op. 41 no. 2, second movement) -- Blumenstück" (Charles Ives, "Two Little Flowers") -- Florestan" (Robert Schumann, Symphony no. 3 op. 97, first movement) -- Pierrot" (Arnold Schoenberg, "Valse de Chopin" from Pierrot lunaire) -- Epilogue: Morning Song -- Glossary -- A -- C -- D -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Cited Works by Robert Schumann.

Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

This book presents a theory of metrical conflict and applies it to the music of Schumann, thereby placing the composer's distinctive metrical style in full focus. It describes the various categories of metrical conflict that characterize Schumann's work, investigates how states of conflict are introduced and then manipulated and resolved in his compositions, and studies the interaction of such metrical conflict with form, pitch structure, and text. Throughout the text, Krebs intersperses his own theoretical assertions with Schumannesque dialogues between Florestan and Eusebius, who comment on the theory at hand while also discussing and illustrating relevant aspects of "their" metrical practices.

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