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Closed, Closing, and Close to Closure: The Nineteenth-Century “Closing Theme” Problem as Exemplified in Mendelssohn’s Sonata Practice 封闭、结束和接近封闭：门德尔松奏鸣曲实践中体现的十九世纪 "结束主题 "问题

IF 1.6 1区艺术学

MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1093/mts/mtae009

Benedict Taylor

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Closed, Closing, and Close to Closure: The Nineteenth-Century “Closing Theme” Problem as Exemplified in Mendelssohn’s Sonata Practice 封闭、结束和接近封闭：门德尔松奏鸣曲实践中体现的十九世纪 "结束主题 "问题

IF 1.6 1区艺术学

MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM Pub Date : 2024-08-10 DOI: 10.1093/mts/mtae009

Benedict Taylor

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Theorizing Musical Improvisation for Social Analysis 将音乐即兴创作理论化以进行社会分析

IF 1 1区艺术学

MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1093/mts/mtae005

Ryan Martin

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Hermeneutic Limits; or, When Not to Theorize: Notes for Interpreting Our Phoenix by Trans Indigenous Mexican-American Composer Mari Esabel Valverde 诠释极限；或，何时不理论化：跨土著墨西哥裔美国作曲家 Mari Esabel Valverde 的《解读我们的凤凰》笔记

IF 1 1区艺术学

MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1093/mts/mtae004

Gavin S K Lee

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Narrative and Tonal Structure in Herrmann’s Score for Vertigo 赫尔曼《迷魂记》配乐中的叙事和音调结构

IF 1 1区艺术学

MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1093/mts/mtae003

Oğuz Şehİraltı

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Contrapuntal Parody and Transsymphonic Narrative in Mahler’s Rondo-Burleske 马勒《伯莱克回旋曲》中的协奏曲戏仿与跨交响叙事