TY - JOUR
T1 - Minding a gap
T2 - Active transitions from the slow introduction to the fast section in haydn's symphonies
AU - Greenberg, Yoel
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Analytic practice usually attempts to bridge the gaps between formal sections in a single movement or work by identifying thematic connections, syntactic logic, or structural cohesiveness. The gap itself is viewed as a foreground obstacle to be smoothed over by analytic insights. This article demonstrates that the moment of transition can play an active role in generating relationships among formal sections of a work. This is particularly apparent in a number of Haydn's symphonies, where the music at the end of a slow introduction seems to generate the opening of the fast section that follows. Haydn frequentlyand most impressively in Symphonies 90, 91, and 92forges a local melodic relationship between the adjacent edges of the two sections, with the moment of transition serving as an axis of symmetry. Furthermore, the action of the moment of transition on the music often recurs elsewhere in the movement, suggesting that such active transitions could be of interest in the analysis of other formal junctures as well.
AB - Analytic practice usually attempts to bridge the gaps between formal sections in a single movement or work by identifying thematic connections, syntactic logic, or structural cohesiveness. The gap itself is viewed as a foreground obstacle to be smoothed over by analytic insights. This article demonstrates that the moment of transition can play an active role in generating relationships among formal sections of a work. This is particularly apparent in a number of Haydn's symphonies, where the music at the end of a slow introduction seems to generate the opening of the fast section that follows. Haydn frequentlyand most impressively in Symphonies 90, 91, and 92forges a local melodic relationship between the adjacent edges of the two sections, with the moment of transition serving as an axis of symmetry. Furthermore, the action of the moment of transition on the music often recurs elsewhere in the movement, suggesting that such active transitions could be of interest in the analysis of other formal junctures as well.
KW - Active transition
KW - Formal structure
KW - Haydn symphonies
KW - Slow introduction
KW - Symmetry
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U2 - 10.1525/jm.2012.29.3.292
DO - 10.1525/jm.2012.29.3.292
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SN - 0277-9269
VL - 29
SP - 292
EP - 322
JO - Journal of Musicology
JF - Journal of Musicology
IS - 3
ER -