Category: Articles

Give a description of Stravinsky’s very personal use of Schoenberg’s 12-note method, examining what the continuities are (if any) between his 12-note works and his earlier works. (Part 1) After the collapse of tonality all the chromatic scale notes started to be  treated equally. There was a need of a new arrangement of  the atonal …

Read more “Description of Stravinsky’s very personal use of Schoenberg’s 12-note method. (Part 1)”

What is meant by structure in music? Does all music have structure? Does all music have form? (With particular reference to John Cage’s pieces). Part 4 In the piano’s part of the Concerto for piano and orchestra Cage used 84 different compositional techniques that represent many different systems of writing. The richness of ideas in …

Read more “What is meant by structure in music? Does all music have structure? Part 4”

What is meant by structure in music? Does all music have structure? Does all music have form? (With particular reference to John Cage’s pieces). Part 3 It is worth noting that Cage defines ‘the form’ completely differently. ‘The form’, in the traditional music theory, was conceived as a whole divided into parts. In Cage’s music …

Read more “What is meant by structure in music? Does all music have structure? Part 3”

What is meant by structure in music? Does all music have structure? Does all music have form? (With particular reference to John Cage’s pieces). Part 2 In the compositions written between 1930-1940 John Cage used musical form in the traditional way. An example of this might be a 70-minute cycle of 20 miniatures Sonatas and …

Read more “What is meant by structure in music? Does all music have structure? Part 2”