A Lost Gothic Musical Form: The Harmonic Labyrinth
A Lost Gothic Musical Form: The Harmonic Labyrinth
Author(s): Dan DediuContributor(s): John McCaughey (Translator)
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Editura Universității Naționale de Muzică din București
Keywords: Gothic Musical Form; Harmonic Labyrinth; musical work; Bach’s Harmonic labyrinth for organ;
Summary/Abstract: The paper springs from the following assumption: if a musical work is an auditory labyrinth, it could also be a visual labyrinth. In other words, the study proceeds from the premise that the musical form of labyrinth implies the visual form of labyrinth. In this respect, the analysis tries to discover the map of the Bach’s Harmonic labyrinth for organ. In order to find the key for realising the translation from the auditory to the visual, the research unveils a system of analogies between harmony and the visual space of the labyrinth. As a last discovery of the research, one can mention the fact that harmonic density decides the gothic character of a musical work.
Journal: Musicology Today: Journal of the National University of Music Bucharest
- Issue Year: 2/2011
- Issue No: 7
- Page Range: 149-164
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English