Phrase Rhythm and Loss in the Music of Maurice Ravel

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dc.citation.issueNumber1
dc.citation.journalTitleMusic Analysis
dc.citation.lastpage42
dc.citation.volumeNumber42
dc.contributor.authorBlättler, Damian
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-02T18:37:01Z
dc.date.available2023-05-02T18:37:01Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractA particular subset of Ravel's output features a phrase-rhythmic technique wherein tonal and thematic returns are accompanied by surprisingly asymmetrical or ambiguous phrase rhythm. This defies both generic conventions linking thematic reprise and tonal closure to relatively stable phrase rhythm and specific expectations created by these works’ formal processes, and contrasts with trajectories moving from phrase-rhythmic instability to stability which Ravel deploys in other works. The set of pieces which features this technique includes À la manière de … Chabrier, the Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, pieces from Le Tombeau de Couperin, the last of the Valses nobles et sentimentales, and the ‘Blues’ movement from the Violin Sonata. This study notes how themes of loss and distance connect these pieces, allowing for the phrase-rhythmic technique to be bound up with interpretative implications which can enhance our understanding of how phrase rhythm can carry expressive freight.
dc.identifier.citationBlättler, Damian. "Phrase Rhythm and Loss in the Music of Maurice Ravel." <i>Music Analysis,</i> 42, no. 1 (2023) Wiley: 3-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/musa.12202.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/musa.12202
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114870
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.titlePhrase Rhythm and Loss in the Music of Maurice Ravel
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