Tonality and Harmonic Motion in Copland's Appalachian Spring
Description:
In Appalachian Spring, Aaron Copland creates a unique tonal environment. Although often considered a tonal work, it contains many non-functional progressions and techniques that belie common-practice norms. The entire first movement, and sections of other movements contain no harmonic motion, in part because tonic and dominant chords sound together as a single sonority. In other movements, harmonic motion, in part because tonic and dominant chords sound together as a single sonority. In other m…
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Date:
December 1993
Creator:
Rober, Russell Todd
Partner:
UNT Libraries