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Brahms and Subject/Answer Rhetoric

Brahms and Subject/Answer Rhetoric Music Analysis, 20/ii (2001) 193 ß Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 2001. Published by Blackwell Publishers, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK PETER H. SMITH historicism ± both his knowledge and respect for tradition and his commitment to the artistic fusion of past and present ± thus functions in the service of a progressive compositional voice. Indeed, some of the most innovative aspects of the repertoire analysed in this article grow out of the composer's historicist impulse, here represented by his recontextualisation of subject/answer rhetoric. * Brahms draws on two central techniques of fugal exposition in fashioning his hybrid phrases. In one category of hybrid phrase, he creates the consequent of a period by transposing an initial tonic-oriented antecedent statement of a thematic idea into the dominant key. The procedure follows the conventions of a `real' answer in a fugal context. This occurs in both major- and minor-mode works, but the technique is especially noteworthy when the minor dominant is tonicised. In an alternative approach, Brahms adjusts intervals within the repetition/consequent so that the restatement can centre on the dominant harmony, yet remain within the tonic key. In particular, material that unfolds ” ” within the tone space of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Music Analysis Wiley

Brahms and Subject/Answer Rhetoric

Smith, Peter H.
Music Analysis , Volume 20 (2) – Jul 1, 2001
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Music Analysis, 20/ii (2001) 193 ß Blackwell Publishers Ltd. 2001. Published by Blackwell Publishers, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK PETER H. SMITH historicism ± both his knowledge and respect for tradition and his commitment to the artistic fusion of past and present ± thus functions in the service of a progressive compositional voice. Indeed, some of the most innovative aspects of the repertoire analysed in this article grow out of the composer's historicist impulse, here represented by his recontextualisation of subject/answer rhetoric. * Brahms draws on two central techniques of fugal exposition in fashioning his hybrid phrases. In one category of hybrid phrase, he creates the consequent of a period by transposing an initial tonic-oriented antecedent statement of a thematic idea into the dominant key. The procedure follows the conventions of a `real' answer in a fugal context. This occurs in both major- and minor-mode works, but the technique is especially noteworthy when the minor dominant is tonicised. In an alternative approach, Brahms adjusts intervals within the repetition/consequent so that the restatement can centre on the dominant harmony, yet remain within the tonic key. In particular, material that unfolds ” ” within the tone space of

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