A Subject of Four Notes”
William Crotch’s Experiment in Motivic Saturation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15006196 |
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| Authors | William Renwick (McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 0 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Theory Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-3040 • E-ISSN: 1067-3040 |
| Publisher | Society for Music Theory (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.30535/mto.0.10.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4392836802 |
| Language | EN |
This paper discusses the circumstances that drew William Crotch into a highly specific and systematic compositional procedure, and describes how the severe material and procedural restrictions of his Introduction and Fugue on a Subject of Four Notes, no others being used all thro' the movement (ca. 1830) nevertheless permit the creation of a successful musical work on both intellectual and artistic scales. The analytical focus of the article is the manner in which Crotch establishes and deploys a varied content through a coherent and developmental design despite the self-imposed limitations
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| Highly cited | No |
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