Conway, Eoin
(2009)
Signature characteristics in the piano music
of John Adams.
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal, 2.
pp. 220-235.
Abstract
Recognition of music, the ability to hear an excerpt and determine (for
example) its composer, is made possible by our unconscious awareness
of the music’s unique patterns of musical features. One could compare it
with the study of fingerprints, though voice recognition is a more
suitable analogy. The aim of this chapter is to bring to light the features
which enable recognition of John Adams’s piano music, and to trace the
origins and development of those features. Since Adams composes al
the piano, and since a majority of his works have been written for piano
or for ensembles including a piano, this will go some way towards
making a general study of his compositional style.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Signature characteristics; piano music;
John Adams; Maynooth Musicology; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > Music |
| Item ID: |
9480 |
| Depositing User: |
IR Editor
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| Date Deposited: |
15 May 2018 10:57 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Maynooth Musicology: Postgraduate Journal |
| Publisher: |
Maynooth Musicology |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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