Style and Phrase (425-0-1)

Instructors

Vasili Byros
847/467-2032
v-byros@northwestern.edu

Meeting Info

RCMA 1-180: Mon 2:00PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

Style and Phrase

An investigation of the musical phrase in the long 18th century (1680-1830) from the perspective of schema theory. A schema is a typically short, memorable pattern defined by a characteristic pairing of scale degree progressions in the melody and bass, and an accompanying harmonic progression. Such schemata are the essential building blocks of composition in the long 18th century. Their different variations, realizations, and combinations are definitive markers of style both at the level of a particular historical period and a composer's individual voice.

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