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New Impressions: An Analysis of Texture and Harmony in
Contemporary Choral MusicScholar: Ryan Fogleman - Music Major,
Mathematics MinorMentor: Dr. Mark Jacobs - Professor of Low Brass
and Composition
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Common Practice Period Harmony
Common Practice Period (CPP) refers to classical European music
from roughly the 17th to late 19thcenturies
The basis of harmonic movement is the idea of functional
harmony
Each chord in a given key has tendencies of resolution, and
chord progressions follow a cycle of tension and release
Necessitates existence of a tonic pitch
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Functional Harmony
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J.S. Bach Komm, ser Tod
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The 20th Century and 12-Tone Music
20th Century events such as World War I, economic depressions,
etc. contributed to a rejection of CPP music
The German-lead style of 12-Tone composition was based around
permutations of a tone row using mathematical operations
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Arnold Schnberg Am Scheideweg
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Observations from Contemporary Music
The style of contemporary choral music analyzed in this research
usually revolves around a diatonic pitch collection used in a
nonfunctional, pandiatonic way
Pitches belonging to a diatonic scale are used without adhering
to classical resolution and voice leading rules
Harmonic movement and voicings are inspired by jazz and pop
music
Strong focus on predominant harmonies and quasi-modal
structures, as well as diatonic clusters
Common Practice Period
Diatonic pitch collectionFunctional harmony
Serialist/Atonal
Chromatic pitch collectionIf harmony exists, it is
nonfunctional
Contemporary, Neo-Impressionist
Pandiatonic pitch collectionNonfunctional harmony as the
forefront of texture
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Eric Whitacre Go, Lovely Rose
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Acknowledgements
Dr. Mark Jacobs Dr. Dee Southard Catherine Fulton McNair Faculty
and Cohort
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Questions?
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Thank you for attending!
New Impressions: An Analysis of Texture and Harmony in
Contemporary Choral MusicCommon Practice Period HarmonyFunctional
HarmonyJ.S. Bach Komm,ser TodThe 20th Century and 12-Tone
MusicArnold Schnberg Am ScheidewegObservations from Contemporary
MusicEric Whitacre Go, Lovely RoseAcknowledgementsQuestions?Thank
you for attending!
