One of the momentous events in twentieth century music was the
advent of atonality and serialism, and the consequent proliferation
of such avant-garde genres as total serialism, electronic music,
and aleatory music. This book examines serialism and its progeny,
formulates criteria that are applicable both to serialism and to
the traditional harmony from which it developed, and focuses on the
failure of serialism to solve the problem of coherent harmonic
progression. Rather than seeking to denounce serialism, the work
attempts to restore a balance by questioning whether its esteem is
justified.
In this work, Schoffman applies the criterion of the degree of
indeterminacy of the chords to both traditional functional harmony
and to serial and avant-garde music. Consequently, serialism and
avant-garde music are placed in a historical perspective and
evaluated in terms of their chordal behavior. The study is divided
into four separate sections, examining the indeterminacy of
progression, the indeterminacy of members of chords, chords in
serial music, and destructive aspects of indeterminacy. Also
included is an extensive list of musical examples, a guide to
references, and a comprehensive index. With its correlations to
literature, painting, and history, this volume will be an important
addition to academic and public libraries, university music
departments, and academies of music, as well as a valuable resource
for courses in music theory and analysis, esthetics of music, and
music history.
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