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Author: Slottow, Stephen P. Title: A Vast Simplicity: Pitch Organization in the works of Carl Ruggles Institution: Graduate Center, City University of New York Begun: January 1994 Completed: April 2001 Abstract: Carl Ruggles Keywords: Carl Ruggles, Charles Seeger, dissonant counterpoint, atonal voice leading, voice exchange, sublime, canons, sequences, interval cycles, dissonation TOC: Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Melody 2.1 The Importance of the Line 2.1.1 The Woodpecker 2.2 Linear Pitch-Class Nonrepetition 2.3 Pitch-Class and Interval Distribution 2.4 Chromatic Completion, Aggregates, and Near-Aggregates 2.5 Contour: Straight and Crooked Lines Chapter 3 Motive 3.1 Motivic parameters 3.2 Motivic processes 3.2.1 Immediate Repetition (Echo) 3.2.2 Transposition and Inversion/ Split Transposition and Inversion 3.2.3 Processes that Change Cardinality: Extension, Intension, Fragmentation, and Liquidation 3.2.4 Sequences: Motivic Aspects 3.2.5 Interval Combinations and Combination Cycles: Fifths and Semitones Chapter 4 Counterpoint and Harmony 4.1 The Term Contact: Stephen Slottow 126 Heritage Lane Denton, TX 76209 slottow@prodigy.net |