Gamut: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic

Article Title

Some Instances of Ic1/Ic5 Interaction in Post-Tonal Music (and Their Tonnetz Representations)

Authors

Stephen C. Brown, Northern Arizona University

Abstract

Drawing on the author’s Dual Interval Space methodology, this essay uses a Tonnetz model to explore the interaction of interval classes 1 and 5 in pieces by Bartók, Stravinsky, and Webern. The analyses attest to the importance of ic1/ic5 pairing for a significant range of post-tonal music, while illuminating processes and relationships that transcend the standard pitch-class operations. In addition, the analyses demonstrate that a generalized Tonnetz model, freed from its customary associations with voice-leading smoothness, can serve as a compelling means for interpreting post-tonal music.

This article is part of a special, serialized feature: A Music-Theoretical Matrix: Essays in Honor of Allen Forte (Part V).

Recommended Citation

Brown, Stephen C. (2013) "Some Instances of Ic1/Ic5 Interaction in Post-Tonal Music (and Their Tonnetz Representations)," Gamut: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic: Vol. 6 : Iss. 2 , Article 3.

Available at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/gamut/vol6/iss2/3