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Evgeny Trembovelsky
Issue № 3 (771) │ 2020

“And a Droplet Reflects the World.” Imaginary Discord in Modal Theory, and Modal Development in Small Forms and Fragments

Evgeny Trembovelsky
Issue № 3 (771) │ 2020

“And a Droplet Reflects the World.” Imaginary Discord in Modal Theory, and Modal Development in Small Forms and Fragments

This article is written in Russian. You can read it here.

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DOI 10.34690/85
Author Evgeny B. Trembovelsky
Affiliation Voronezh State Institute of Arts, Voronezh, Russia
Email tremb-mus@mail.ru
ORCID 0000-0002-3194-6398
Abstract

This article deals with the principles of modal development in short pieces and structures. The selected for the analysis Liszt’s miniature song “Joy and Woe,” a four-beat fragment from “Khovanshchina” and a number of other examples from the music of Chopin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy, Slonimsky, and Ligeti reveal such principles of modal and tonal formation as: preservation or enrichment of the scale, complementarity of the modes, tonal and modal modulation, preservation of tone, modal variation, reflection of the logic of history in creating the musical form.

The article clarifies some aspects of the modal theory through the prism of the concepts in the field of harmony as presented by two exponents of St. Petersburg and Moscow schools of music theory. The sentiment of confrontation and irreconcilability of their interpretations was created, in part, by T. Bershadskaya’s sharp statements: “Misunderstanding that becomes a tradition,” “The initial mistake of the popular concept.” However, the author of this article, having made some adjustments and clarifications, considers the differences between the parties rather insignificant and even imaginary. The understanding of mode as a binary system made it possible to distinguish two branches in modal development—modal and tonal, which, as a rule, are closely intertwined, with one of them usually playing a determining role. The undertaken analyses of the works by each of these branches have certain differences, although they are aimed at understanding the general methodological principles, which remain essential for musicology.
Keywords modal development, enrichment of the scale, complementarity of modes, Bershadskaya, Kholopov, Chopin, Liszt, Mussorgsky
For citation

Trembovelsky, E. B. “‘And a droplet reflects the world.’ Imaginary discord in modal theory, and modal development in small forms and fragments.” Mu­zykal’naya akademiya [Music Academy], 2020, no. 3, pp. 52–73, doi:10.34690/85. (In Russ.)

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