Timothy R. McKinney

Adrian Willaert and the Theory of Interval Affect (eBook, PDF)

The Musica nova Madrigals and the Novel Theories of Zarlino and Vicentino

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The 'theory of interval affect' originates not with Nicola Vicentino or Gioseffo Zarlino, but with their teacher, influential Venetian composer Adrian Willaert (1490-1562). Because Willaert left no theoretical writings of his own, Timothy McKinney uses Willaert's music to reconstruct his innovative theories concerning how music might communicate extra musical ideas. For Willaert, the appellations 'major' and 'minor' no longer signified merely the larger and smaller of a pair of like-numbered intervals; rather, they became categories of sonic character, the members of which are related by a shared sounding property of 'majorness' or 'minorness' that could be manipulated for expressive purposes. The book engages with the madrigals of Willaert's landmark Musica nova collection and demonstrates that they articulate a theory of musical affect more complex and forward-looking than recognized currently.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317185321
• Artikelnr.: 44871405

Autorenporträt

Timothy McKinney, Associate Professor, School of Music, Baylor University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Contexts
Definition, evaluation, and validation of the theory of interval affect
Expressive functions of harmony in the musica nova madrigals
Willaert's other madrigals and the theory of interval affect
The compositional legacy of Willaert's theory of interval affect
Selected bibliography
Index.