Guidelines for Style Analysis

Guidelines for Style Analysis, now in its expanded second edition, sets forth Jan LaRue's original, penetrating, and adaptable approach to the understanding of musical works. LaRue provides a consistent point of view from which music of any historical period can be examined. His style-analytic method insures the close examination of all musical dimensions and elements, an understanding of their functions and interrelations, and a firm basis for evaluation and comparison. Guidelines presents a codification of various ways of looking at music, within a comprehensive framework. LaRue discusses in detail each aspect of the style-analytic routine, illustrating points with illuminating examples and diagrams. In this expanded second edition, a companion volume, Models for Style Analysis, long planned, but never published during his lifetime, has now been added on a compact disc which is found in a pocket on the inside back cover. Edited by Marian Green LaRue, it presents fifteen pieces, running the historical gamut from Gregorian chant to 12-tone music, with accompanying analyses by LaRue. These models illustrate and clarify his style-analytic approach. Guidelines and Models, taken together, give the teacher and student, the listener and performer, new insight into the nature of musical shape and movement, thereby creating heightened awareness of the many facets of the musical experience.

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Guidelines for Style Analysis

Guidelines for Style Analysis, now in its expanded second edition, sets forth Jan LaRue's original, penetrating, and adaptable approach to the understanding of musical works. LaRue provides a consistent point of view from which music of any historical period can be examined. His style-analytic method insures the close examination of all musical dimensions and elements, an understanding of their functions and interrelations, and a firm basis for evaluation and comparison. Guidelines presents a codification of various ways of looking at music, within a comprehensive framework. LaRue discusses in detail each aspect of the style-analytic routine, illustrating points with illuminating examples and diagrams. In this expanded second edition, a companion volume, Models for Style Analysis, long planned, but never published during his lifetime, has now been added on a compact disc which is found in a pocket on the inside back cover. Edited by Marian Green LaRue, it presents fifteen pieces, running the historical gamut from Gregorian chant to 12-tone music, with accompanying analyses by LaRue. These models illustrate and clarify his style-analytic approach. Guidelines and Models, taken together, give the teacher and student, the listener and performer, new insight into the nature of musical shape and movement, thereby creating heightened awareness of the many facets of the musical experience.

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Guidelines for Style Analysis

Guidelines for Style Analysis

by Jan LaRue
Guidelines for Style Analysis

Guidelines for Style Analysis

by Jan LaRue

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Guidelines for Style Analysis, now in its expanded second edition, sets forth Jan LaRue's original, penetrating, and adaptable approach to the understanding of musical works. LaRue provides a consistent point of view from which music of any historical period can be examined. His style-analytic method insures the close examination of all musical dimensions and elements, an understanding of their functions and interrelations, and a firm basis for evaluation and comparison. Guidelines presents a codification of various ways of looking at music, within a comprehensive framework. LaRue discusses in detail each aspect of the style-analytic routine, illustrating points with illuminating examples and diagrams. In this expanded second edition, a companion volume, Models for Style Analysis, long planned, but never published during his lifetime, has now been added on a compact disc which is found in a pocket on the inside back cover. Edited by Marian Green LaRue, it presents fifteen pieces, running the historical gamut from Gregorian chant to 12-tone music, with accompanying analyses by LaRue. These models illustrate and clarify his style-analytic approach. Guidelines and Models, taken together, give the teacher and student, the listener and performer, new insight into the nature of musical shape and movement, thereby creating heightened awareness of the many facets of the musical experience.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780899901565
Publisher: Harmonie Park Press
Publication date: 04/01/2011
Pages: 286
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface to the Expanded Second Edition ix

Preface to the Second Edition xvii

Preface xxiii

1 Fundamental Analytical Considerations 1

The Style-Analytical Approach

Large Dimensions

Middle Dimensions

Small Dimensions

The Four Contributing Elements and the Fifth Combining Element (SHMRG)

Movement and Shape

The Style-Analytical Routine

Evaluation

2 Sound 23

Timbre

Dynamics

Texture and Fabric

Contributions of Sound to Movement

Contributions of Sound to Shape

Sound in Large Dimensions

Sound in Middle Dimensions

Sound in Small Dimensions

3 Harmony 39

Dissonant Styles

Counterpoint

Contributions of Harmony to Movement

Contributions of Harmony to Shape

Harmony in Large Dimensions

Harmony in Middle Dimensions

Harmony in Small Dimensions

4 Melody 69

Melody in Large Dimensions

Melody in Middle Dimensions

Melody in Small Dimensions

5 Rhythm 88

The Layers of Rhythm

The Component States of Rhythm

Rhythmic Typology

Rhythmic Contributions to Shape

Rhythm in Large Dimensions

Rhythm in Middle Dimensions

Rhythm in Small Dimensions

6 The Growth Process 115

The Morphology of Growth

Style Stratification

Typology of Growth

Articulation

Growth in Large Dimensions

Thematic Relationship

Growth in Middle Dimensions

Growth in Small Dimensions

The Influence of Texts

7 Symbols for Analysis and Stereotypes of Shape 153

Stereotypes of Shape

Variation Form

Fugue

Mixtures of Variation and Recurrence

Two-Part Form (Binary Form; Dance Form)

Three-Part Form (ABA Form; Da Capo Form)

Rondo Form (Ritornello Form; Formes fixes)

Sonata Form

Sonata-Rondo Form

Concerto-Sonata Form

8 Evaluation 194

Scope

Historical Considerations

Objective Values-Control of SHMRG

Objective Evaluations: (1) Unity

(2) Variety and Complexity

(3) Balance

Subjective Evaluation

9 Style Analysis in Full Action 224

Confusion of Dimensions

Significant and Accessory Observations

Large Dimensions

Middle Dimensions

Small Dimensions

Conclusions

Writing About Music 247

Endnotes 261

Index 282

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