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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Triad as Place and Action
Contributor:
Schachter, Carl
imprint:
Society for Music Theory, 1995
Published in:Music Theory Spectrum
Language:
English
ISSN:
0195-6167;
1533-8339
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>Analyses of three compositions, Chopin's Prelude in E minor, op. 28 no. 4, Mendelssohn's Song without Words in G major, op. 62 no. 1, and the fourth movement (Storm) from Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, demonstrate that the expressive character of each piece relates to the specific tonal environment provided by the composing out of its tonic triad. In the Chopin, the bass line is charged with a strong impulse to descend to I. In the Mendelssohn, the tonic chord becomes the focus of a rhythmic conflict. And in the Beethoven, a chromatic alteration of the tonic note connects motivic design, tonal structure, and programmatic aspects in a uniquely Beethovenian way.</p>