Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations

"Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations, David Lewin's masterpiece, has prompted a twenty-year efflorescence in the field of mathematical and.
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Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations David Lewin Abstract This book is recognized as the seminal work paving the way for current studies in mathematical and systematic approaches to music analysis. Preliminary Examples and Definition 3.


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    David Lewin

    Transformation Graphs and Networks 2: Transformation Graphs and Networks 3: Transformation Graphs and Networks 4: Some Further Analyses Appendix A: He was the recipient of honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Chicago, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, France, for his work in music theory. GMIT leads readers to the head of a series of distinct paths, suggests by example where each path leads, and leaves readers to their own explorations. Many music theorists now spend their careers working out different aspects of the vision presented here; there is plenty and enough to go around.

    Together these two volumes display both his theoretical brilliance and his sensitivity to the individuality of musical works. I have studied this book, and continue to study it. This text has been a wealth of information for my own compositional work as well as my understanding of integrated serial technique. In addition to this comment he made recently after Mr. Lewin passed away, he mentioned that a fair portion of his writing remains unpublished.

    Generalized musical intervals and transformations

    It is my hope that a wise publisher or institution will come along soon and see the value of this important theorist's work, and return the books that are out of print to the presses and publish as much of his remaining work as possible. Music theory can profit quite a bit from objective mathematical analysis, but it's well to remember that music theory can never BE mathematics. At some point in the late twentieth-century certain music theorists began to pose as mathematicians and to spend an inordinate amount of time attempting to define rigorously the terms of a proposed mathematical analysis without ever getting to the mathematical analysis itself to say nothing of the actual music.

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    Lewin is even worse or better, depending on your proclivities. His "generalization" is not even specific to notes or rhythms or instrumentation.

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    Instead we have musing about mathematical group theory in the abstract. I wouldn't mind so much if his prose style were not so hideously pompous. In any case, I don't see how anything is to be gained. I'm going to have to drop you a letter grade for using passive voice. This is a publish or perish tome. Music theory has jumped the shark with writings like this.

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