Berio's Sequenzas : "Essays on Performance, Composition and Analysis " / JanetK. Halfyard.

"Between 1958 and 2002, Luciano Berio wrote fourteen pieces entitled Sequenza, along with several versions of the same work for different instruments, revisions of the original pieces and also the parallel Chemins series, where one of the Sequenzas is used as the basis for a new composition on...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Halfyard, JanetK (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Routledge, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter Introduction / David Osmond-Smith
  • part Part 1 Performance Issues
  • chapter 1 Rhythm and Timing in the Two Versions of Berio's Sequenza I for Flute Solo: Psychological and Musical Differences in Performance / Cynthia Folio
  • chapter 2 Rough Romance: Sequenza II for Harp as Study and Statement / Kirsty Whatley
  • chapter 3 Phantom Rhythms, Hidden Harmonies: The Use of the Sostenuto Pedal in Berio's Sequenza IV for Piano, Leaf and Sonata / Zoe Browder Doll
  • chapter 4 A Dress or a Straightjacket? Facing the Problems of Structure and Periodicity Posed by the Notation of Berio's Sequenza VII for Oboe / Patricia Alessandrini
  • chapter 5 Shadow Boxing: Sequenza X for Trumpet and Piano Resonance / Jonathan Impett
  • part Part 2 Berio's Compositional Process and Aesthetics
  • chapter 6 Provoking Acts: The Theatre of Berio's Sequenzas / Janet K. Halfyard
  • chapter 7 The Chemins Series / Paul Roberts
  • chapter 8 The Compass of Communications in Sequenza VIII for Violin
  • chapter 9 Sequenza IX for Clarinet: Text, Pre-Text, Con-Text / Andrea Cremaschi
  • chapter 10 Proliferations and Limitations: Berio's Reworking of the Sequenzas / Edward Venn
  • part Part 3 Analytical Approaches
  • chapter 11 Vestiges of Twelve-Tone Practice as Compositional Process in Berio's Sequenza I for Solo Flute / Irna Priore
  • chapter 12 Sonic Complexity and Harmonic Syntax in Sequenza IV for Piano / Didier Guigue
  • chapter 13 The Nature of Expressivity in Berio's Sequenza VI for Viola / Amanda Bayley
  • chapter 14 A Polyphonic Type of Listening In and Out of Focus: Berio's Sequenza XI for Guitar
  • chapter 15 and so a chord consoles us: Berio's Sequenza XIII (Chanson) for Accordion.