Peter Alexander Thoegersen

Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book introduces polytempic polymicrotonality as a new musical aesthetic. It displays examples of music literature for musical precedence in this area, focusing on Charles Ivesà â â s Universe Symphony, unfinished since 1925 and realized recently by Johnny Reinhard in 1996.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9789814968294
• ISBN-10: 9814968293
• Artikelnr.: 64103534

Autorenporträt

Peter Alexander Thoegersen was born in Los Angeles, USA, in 1967. He earned his doctorate in music composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, in 2012. Thoegersen has had his works premiered in Europe, Australia, and the United States. His CD Three Pieces in Polytempic Polymicrotonality was released by New World Records in 2019, Facebook: What's On Your Mind? was released on Flea Records in the April of 2021, and Alien Music released on Magic&Unique Records in March 2022.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Pitch: Historical Information Leading to the Possibility
of Polymicrotonality: Representative Figures and Works 3. Rhythm:
Representative Twentieth-Century Polytempic Works 4. Pitch + Rhythm:
Literature and Compositions Suggesting Relationships Between Microtonal
Pitch and Rhythm, In Terms of Tempo, Leading to the Union of
Polymicrotonality and Polytempo: Henry Cowell, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, and Ben
Johnston 5. The Progenitor: Charles Ives's Universe Symphony and Its
Legacy: Polytempic Polymicrotonal Art Music 6. Conclusion