[Smt-talk] Semitonal voice leading

[Dave Headlam]

Hi Seth -- not sure about a Kurth connection, but check out

Mark DeVoto - "Alban Berg and Creeping Chromaticism" in the book 'Alban 
Berg: Historical and Analytical Perspectives' edited by David Gable and 
Robert Morgan, 1991.

Dave Headlam

On 5/7/13 7:12 AM, Seth Monahan wrote:
> Dear colleagues:
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> Can anyone direct me to a theoretical discussion of 19th-century 
> chromaticism that (1) addresses the kinds of creeping, semitonal 
> chord-connections that inspired Kurth's conceit of "leading-tone 
> energies," but which (2) argues that their apparent purposiveness is 
> less a matter of intrinsic striving "within" the notes themselves than 
> a function of retrospective hearing---i.e., that many or even most 
> motions by semitone can be heard as "directed" or "purposeful" after 
> the fact?
>
> Surely someone has argued this; any leads would be greatly 
> appreciated! (Off-list replies are welcome, of course.)
>
> With thanks in advance,
>
> -Seth
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