Set Operations in the Music of Nikolai Roslavets

Year: 2002 Authors: Terry B. Ewell

Core claim

Roslavets’ synthetic-chord method functions as an alternative to tonality through structured set operations, including transposition, rotation, and segmentation.

Topics

set operations, synthetic chord, Russian modernism, musical analysis

Domains

set theory, transformational music theory, combinatorics, music composition, music theory, avant-garde music

Methods

score analysis, pitch-class mapping, graphical representation

Media

musical scores, annotated harp part, graphs

Source status

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