Tests of contrasting expressive content between first and second musical themes

Tests of contrasting expressive content between first and second musical themes. Warrenburg, L. A & Huron, D. Journal of New Music Research, 48(1):21–35, Routledge, 2019.

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Since the eighteenth century, music theorists have noted the tendency for Western art-music works to contain themes exhibiting contrasting expressive content. In music exhibiting two main themes, the first theme is commonly characterised as ‘stronger' or ‘fiery', whereas the second theme tends to be ‘gentler' or ‘cantabile'. An examination of 1063 musical works indicates that second themes are less likely to be in the minor mode, but are more likely to be legato, slower in tempo, and involve a quieter dynamic level. Some observations are made regarding changes in the treatment of first and second themes over different stylistic periods.

@Article{          warrenburg.ea2019-tests,
    author       = {Warrenburg, Lindsay A and Huron, David},
    year         = {2019},
    title        = {Tests of contrasting expressive content between first and
                   second musical themes},
    abstract     = {Since the eighteenth century, music theorists have noted
                   the tendency for Western art-music works to contain themes
                   exhibiting contrasting expressive content. In music
                   exhibiting two main themes, the first theme is commonly
                   characterised as ‘stronger' or ‘fiery', whereas the
                   second theme tends to be ‘gentler' or ‘cantabile'. An
                   examination of 1063 musical works indicates that second
                   themes are less likely to be in the minor mode, but are
                   more likely to be legato, slower in tempo, and involve a
                   quieter dynamic level. Some observations are made
                   regarding changes in the treatment of first and second
                   themes over different stylistic periods.},
    doi          = {10.1080/09298215.2018.1486435},
    journal      = {Journal of New Music Research},
    keywords     = {music analysis with computers},
    mendeley-tags= {music analysis with computers},
    number       = {1},
    pages        = {21--35},
    publisher    = {Routledge},
    url          = {https://doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2018.1486435},
    volume       = {48}
}

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