Analysis of Nocturnal op. 70 by Benjamin Britten
Description:
Nocturnal op. 70 is one of the most important large-scale works written for guitar in the twentieth century. Brief biographical data and some background information on Nocturnal show how it exemplifies Britten's compositional approach. The focus of the analysis is on three structural aspects: the rhythmic, the intervallic, and the aspect of underlying pitch patterns. The rhythmic analysis discusses the distortion of rhythmic patterns by the use of compression, expansion, elisions, syncopation, …
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Date:
December 1986
Creator:
Frackenpohl, David J. (David John)
Partner:
UNT Libraries