IV EXPERIMENTS IV.4 (Thu Apr 05) The modulation landscape in Beethoven’s op. 106
! Sonata scheme for the allegro movement in Beethoven‘s op.106 according to Erwin Ratz: Einführung in die musikalische Formenlehre. Universal Edition, Wien 1973 !
Fast normal modulation: B♭ ® G♭ 7:06
Normal modulation: G ® E ♭ 4:50
Modulation of „catastrophe“ type: E ♭(3) ® D(3)~ b(3) 6:00
Erwin Ratz‘ (1973) and Jürgen Uhde‘s (1974) theses Ratz: The sphere of tonalities of op. 106 is polarized in a“world“ centered around B-flat major, the main tonality of the sonata, and an „antiworld“ centered around b-minor. Uhde*: When one changes between the worlds of Ratz— an event that happens twice in the allegro movement—then the modulation processes become dramatic. They are completely different from other modulations, and Uhde calls them „catastrophes“. b minor B-flat major
Thesis:. The modulation structure of op. 106 is governed Thesis: The modulation structure of op. 106 is governed by the symmetries of the diminished seventh chord C# -7 = {c#, e, g, b♭} carrying the admitted modulation forces. C(3) B♭ (3) E♭(3) D♭(3) G♭ (3) E(3) A(3) G(3) F(3) A♭(3) B(3) D(3) ~ b(3) Exposition Developement Recapitulation Coda
= maximal symmetry group separating D from B♭ C(3) F(3) B♭ (3) E♭(3) A♭(3) D♭(3) G♭ (3) B(3) E(3) A(3) D(3) G(3) Sym(C# -7) = maximal symmetry group separating D from B♭
inversion of tonalities? C(3) B♭ (3) E♭(3) D♭ (3) G♭ (3) E(3) A(3) G(3) F(3) A♭(3) B(3) D(3) ~ b(3) How to calculate inversion of tonalities? Invert tonic of old tonality, you get third of new tonality.
Modulators in op. 106/allegro Exposition Recapitulation Development Coda B♭ ® G G ® E♭ ® D/b ® B ® B♭ B♭ ® G♭ ® G ® B♭ B♭ symmetries of transposition! e-3 Ig * Id/d# * Ib♭ Ia/a♭ e3
Fast normal modulation: B♭ ® G♭ Inversionb♭ VIG♭ IB♭ Fast normal modulation: B♭ ® G♭ IIIG♭ VG♭ 7:06 I IV II VI V III VII a-flat in II V VII b-flat in III VI I f in III V VII
Ludwig van Beethoven: op.130/Cavatina/# 41 Inversione♭ : E♭(3) ® B(3) 4:00 oppressive
e♭ E♭(3) b B(3) Inversion e♭
Inversiond♭ : G(3) ® E♭(3) #124 - 125 #126 - 127 4:50 d♭ g
C-minor melodic Gruppen und Kategorien in der Musik, p.107 a g f e♭ d b♭ C-minor melodic fundamental instead of tone of double duration replaces tone of a higher octave Gruppen und Kategorien in der Musik, p.107
Transposition-3: B♭(3) ® G(3) VIIG Ia VIIG
Limited transpositions by a minor third motivic zigzag
motivic zigzag in op.106 1 0 -2 1 ( ) b. 75-78
b. 79-80
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