The Loosening Role of Polyphony: Texture and Formal Functions in Mozart's “Haydn” Quartets. Bakulina, O. E. Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music, 32(1-2):7–42, sep, 2012.
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This essay demonstrates that texture can act as a form-defining factor by focusing on one specific textural type: imitative polyphony. Mozart's six quartets dedicated to Haydn illustrate this claim. Building on William Caplin's form-functional theory and his distinction between tight-knit and loose organization, imitative texture is shown to serve two purposes: as a loosening device, and as a means of textural and phrase-structural contrast. To deepen our understanding of polyphony's formal and expressive roles, two new concepts are proposed: contrast pair and imitative presentation. The contrast-pair principle is then explored in select Viennese quartets by Mozart's contemporaries.
@Article{          bakulina2012-loosening,
    author       = {Bakulina, Olga Ellen},
    year         = {2012},
    title        = {The Loosening Role of Polyphony: Texture and Formal
                   Functions in Mozart's “Haydn” Quartets},
    abstract     = {This essay demonstrates that texture can act as a
                   form-defining factor by focusing on one specific textural
                   type: imitative polyphony. Mozart's six quartets dedicated
                   to Haydn illustrate this claim. Building on William
                   Caplin's form-functional theory and his distinction
                   between tight-knit and loose organization, imitative
                   texture is shown to serve two purposes: as a loosening
                   device, and as a means of textural and phrase-structural
                   contrast. To deepen our understanding of polyphony's
                   formal and expressive roles, two new concepts are
                   proposed: contrast pair and imitative presentation. The
                   contrast-pair principle is then explored in select
                   Viennese quartets by Mozart's contemporaries.},
    doi          = {10.7202/1018577ar},
    issn         = {1918-512X},
    journal      = {Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music},
    keywords     = {music analysis},
    mendeley-tags= {music analysis},
    month        = {sep},
    number       = {1-2},
    pages        = {7--42},
    url          = {http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1018577ar},
    volume       = {32}
}

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