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Motivic Structure - A Principle of Musicological Analysis
Motivic Structure - A Principle of Musicological Analysis

Author(s): Iliana Velescu
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Editura Muzicală
Keywords: Motivic structure; Thematic transformation; Variational technique; Thematic principle; Thematic analysis

Summary/Abstract: The architectural aspect of a work is usually focused on the transformation and evolution ofthe themes. The identification not only of the methods used in musical research, but also of the themes(motifs) their provenance and their expression, and also their ways of grouping, structuring inspiredby linguistics, mathematics or semantics are important considerations in the application ofmusicological methods all of which open up fresh opportunities for carrying out comparativeanalyses.

  • Issue Year: III/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 162-166
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English