10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIRROR CANON»
Discover the use of
mirror canon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mirror canon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Harvard Dictionary of Music
The term mirror canon normally refers to canons by inversion but may also
denote canons by retrograde or retrograde inversion. Canons that are fully
transcribed are said to be resolved canons whereas those that must be
deciphered (i.e., ...
2
Revisiting Music Theory: A Guide to the Practice
A Guide to the Practice Alfred Blatter. The following examples illustrate some of
the different types of canon one may encounter. A mirror canon in which the
Comes is the inversion of the Dux. ExAMPlE 5.59 A mirror canon. A canon in
which ...
3
The Twelve-Note Music of Anton Webern: Old Forms in a New ...
Symmetry is important again in the Variations for Piano: it is realized horizontally
by means of cancrizans figures (canons) in the first movement, vertically through
mirror canon in the second. The first movement comprises a series of ...
The key to its superfast performance, approaching the 16 fps of motion-picture
photography, is a thin, semitransparent, stationary pellicle mirror. (Canon has
used this approach before—remember the Pellix?) The mirror transmits enough ...
5
Juan Esquivel: A Master of Sacred Music During the Spanish ...
This may or may not have had some hidden symbolic significance, known only to
Esquivel's singers, but the musical meaning is clear: the motion of falling and
rising implicit in the imagery is symbolised in a mirror canon as the bassus inverts
...
6
Brahms 2: Biographical, Documentary and Analytical Studies
purpose immediately becomes clear when the sopranos enter with its inversion (
the two parts have a mirror canon for the first phrase) - in the descending pattern,
the interpolated notes are appoggiaturas, and the entire line exemplifies the ...
7
A Student's Guide to Harmony and Counterpoint
One part uses a P (or R) version of the series, while the other uses an I (or RI)
version – the result is that all the intervals in the series are reflected back by the
second part, rather like a mirror image, hence the name mirror canon. Webern
uses ...
8
Confronting Stravinsky: Man, Musician, and Modernist
... smarted from Schoenberg's attack is attested to by a comment many years later
in Conversations: ". . . in 1925 he [Schoenberg] wrote a nasty verse about me (
though I almost forgive him, for setting it to such a remarkable mirror canon).
9
School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) ...
... Allegro Andante Allegro Thematis regii elaborationes canonicae (Canonic
elaborations of the royal theme) Flute, Strings, and Harpsichord in varying
combinations Canon perpetuus (Mirror canon) Canon a 2 (Crab canon) Canon a
2 (Canon ...
University of Michigan. School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 1950
10
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Mirror Canon, Mirror Fugue. Canon or fugue in which the parts (or vv.) and
intervals appear in the score simultaneously both the right way up and upside
down, as if a mirror lay between them. Mirror on which to Dwell, A. Cycle of 6
songs for ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIRROR CANON»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mirror canon is used in the context of the following news items.
Portrait of JS Bach goes 'home' to Leipzig's Bach Archive
... but then you need to read backwards from his perspective in different clefs, and there is even a "double mirror canon" there, too, "if we reflect ... «South China Morning Post, May 15»
Bach portrait returns to Leipzig
... is presenting, but then you need to read backwards from his perspective in different clefs, and there is even a “double mirror canon” there too, ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Harvard Commissions & Refuting Pretension: Clogs Interviewed
For example, 'We Were Here' has a mirror canon offset by a 16th note, (see further explanations below) 'Cocodrillo' is a double chase, and ... «The Quietus, Aug 10»
SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews
Mirror Canon – Piano Music from the First and Second Viennese Schools = BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 32 in C minor; SCHOENBERG: Sechs ... «Audiophile Audition, Mar 08»
