[Smt-talk] Pieces with improvisatory openings

[dec2101 at columbia.edu]

For me the locus classicus of this kind of opening is that of the  
Ninth Symphony (Beethoven).

-David Cohen
dec2101 at columbia.edu

Quoting David O'Dette <dmodette at gmail.com>:

> More Beethoven examples:
>
> Piano Sonata Op. 78, 1st movement
> Symphony No. 1, 4th movement
>
> David O'Dette
> Washington, DC
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Mitch Ohriner <mohriner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Collected Wisdom and Beloved Scholars,
>>
>> I?m interested in studying the emergence of tempo from the perspective of
>> the listener. One viable case study for this phenomenon is the class of
>> pieces that begin with short, improvisatory passages that precede more
>> temporally patterned movements proper.
>>
>> This is slightly different than the phenomenon previously discussed on this
>> list in which the most salient level of time-span organization is initially
>> obscured in preference for a faster or slower rate (i.e., London?s ?metric
>> fakeout?).
>>
>> A paragon of what I?m looking for would be Chopin?s G-minor Ballade, Op.
>> 23. I?ve also been directed to Schumann?s String Quartet No. 3, Op. 41, no.
>> 3.
>>
>> Do you know of other tonal examples like these? I?ll take responses
>> off-list unless they?re of general interest.
>>
>> Thank you for your thoughts and I look forward to seeing many of you at our
>> Annual Meeting next week.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Mitch Ohriner
>>
>> mohriner at gmail.com
>> Assistant Professor of Music Theory
>> Shenandoah Conservatory
>> Winchester, VA
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