How Western composers from 16th to 20th century met changing structural requirements mandated by different musical styles. Nature and function of concerto, sonata, etc., clarified with nonmusical analogies; illustrated in detailed analysis of specific piece of music over 40 in a…
Cedric Thorpe Davie was himself a noted composer, and musical forms were as familiar to him as armatures are to the sculptor. As a result, he is able not only to describe them clearly, but also to evaluate their qualities and to point out their truly characteristic fundamentals.…
Studie over de instrumentale dansmuziek aan de Midden-Europese hoven in de zes decennia die volgden op de Dertigjarige Oorlog, waarin de Franse stijl overheersend was.
The well-known reference works and analyses of Old English literature show little agreement about the definition and exemplification of style in the poetry of the period. Medieval poetry, particularly its style, is often described as 'complex, ' 'sophisticated, ' 'extraordinaril…
The well-known reference works and analyses of Old English literature show little agreement about the definition and exemplification of style in the poetry of the period. Medieval poetry, particularly its style, is often described as 'complex, ' 'sophisticated, ' 'extraordinaril…
"In these reflections on the mercurial qualities of style in Ovid's Metamorphoses, Garth Tissol contends that stylistic features of the ever-shifting narrative surface, such as worldplay, narrative disruption, and the self-conscious reworking of the poetic tradition, are themati…
In this examination of expository prose in contemporary Arabic, structural and semantic repetition is found to be responsible both for linguistic cohesion and for rhetorical force. Johnstone identifies and discusses repetitive features on every level of analysis. Writers in Arab…