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<font face="Calibri">I had argumented something </font>of the kind
in my paper "Transitivité, rection, fonctions tonales"
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.plm.paris-sorbonne.fr/IMG/pdf/NMTransitivite.pdf">www.plm.paris-sorbonne.fr/IMG/pdf/NMTransitivite.pdf</a>), some 20
years ago, and I have since built my conception of harmonic
functions accordingly. In short, my idea is that functions are
transitive, in the linguistic sense of the term, that is, that they
result from a reciprocal relation between chords. The consequence is
that they can only be judged retrospectively, after the second chord
has been heard. This also concerns the "characterizing elements"
(rections) of chords, those that are supposed to be subjected to
obligatory motion: there is nothing obligatory (unless in our
habits) until after the motion. Note that this concerns parsimonious
relations in general, not necessarily semitonal.<br>
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Nicolas Meeùs<br>
Université Paris-Sorbonne<br>
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<div>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?</div>
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<div>Surely someone has argued this; any leads would be greatly
appreciated! (Off-list replies are welcome, of course.)</div>
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<div>With thanks in advance,</div>
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