Title Modernism in Russian piano music : Skriabin, Prokofiev, and their Russian contemporaries / Peter Deane Roberts

Published Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, [1993] ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes) Series Russian music studies Russian music studies (Bloomington, Ind.) Contents Vol. I. Introduction and historical background -- Skriabin : harmony and tonality -- Composers influenced by Skriabin -- Prokofiev : an enlarged tonal system -- Techniques associated with the Russian school -- Some general aspects of technique -- Tonality and tonal structures -- A new aesthetic : symmetry as a basis of structure -- Scales : their origins and application -- Bichords, bitonality, and polymodality -- Constructional principles -- Sonata forms -- Sets and other nontonal techniques -- A summing up and an assessment Vol. II. Musical examples to chapters 2-14 Summary The purpose of this study is to review some of the techniques developed by Russian composers in the early part of the twentieth century, down to the active assertion of state control of the arts in the Soviet Union, which began in 1929. The study centers principally on music for the piano, with an emphasis on harmony and both tonal and nontonal structures Analysis History of specific lands Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915 Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915 Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Piano music -- Russia (Federation) -- 20th century -- History and criticism Modernism (Music) -- Russia (Federation) Modernism (Music) Piano music Componisten. Pianomuziek. Analyse (algemeen) Modernisme (cultuur) Avant-garde. Piano music -- Russia -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Russia (Federation) Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 91032124 ISBN 9780253061645 0253061644

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