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<P><FONT SIZE=2>As a further clarification to my suggestion ("work-section"), I should add that, of course, part of the problem is with the (ontological?) concept of what a "work" is.<BR>
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Among other things, an aria can gain an independent existence, separate from the opera it came from. (For example, "Bel raggio lusinghier," often performed by sopranos, whereas _Semiramide_ is not often mounted by opera companies.) <BR>
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An opera can have many versions, all with some claim to aesthetic (and social, i.e., through their acceptance by performers and audiences) validity. <BR>
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Even instrumental works can be performed minus a movement (we almost never hear the Blumine movement from Mahler's First; and Lalo's Symphonie espagnole was usually reduced from 5 mvts. to 4, including in some early recordings). <BR>
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Or the reverse: one movement can take on a life of its own (the Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber, which started out as the slow mvt. of his String Quartet; or the Scherzo from Litolff's Concerto Symphonique No. 4, which is often performed by itself).<BR>
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Subject: RE: [Smt-talk] General term for movements, acts, numbers<BR>
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Clearly you're looking for a term that doesn't exist and that is broad enough to include many diff. kinds of things (an aria, a slow movement, etc.): how about "work-section"?<BR>
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Ralph Locke<BR>
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Ralph P. Locke<BR>
Professor of Musicology<BR>
26 Gibbs St.<BR>
Rochester NY 14604-2599 USA<BR>
Tel.: 585-274-1455<BR>
Fax: 585-274-1088 ("for R. Locke")<BR>
RLocke@esm.rochester.edu<BR>
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From: smt-talk-bounces@lists.societymusictheory.org on behalf of Richard Lewis<BR>
Sent: Fri 5/25/2012 7:04 AM<BR>
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Subject: [Smt-talk] General term for movements, acts, numbers<BR>
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Collective wisdom,<BR>
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Is there any established term which covers the concepts of<BR>
"movements", "acts" and "scenes", "numbers", etc., i.e. the components<BR>
of musical works?<BR>
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I ask in the context of developing a thematic catalogue database in<BR>
which I need to be able to capture this concept and therefore need a<BR>
name for it.<BR>
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In previous similar work I've used "sub-work". But this not only<BR>
sounds quite computer-oriented, it also has slightly denigrating<BR>
nuances. "Parts" is problematic because the term is commonly used in<BR>
music publishing for instrumental and vocal parts. A colleague<BR>
suggested "integer" (as a neologism, I think), citing its root meaning<BR>
something like indivisible. A problem with this is its<BR>
well-established meaning in mathematics and computer science for whole<BR>
numbers.<BR>
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Any thoughts?<BR>
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Best wishes,<BR>
Richard Lewis<BR>
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