Poulenc's songs : an analysis of style / Vivian Lee Poates Wood.

Author/creator Wood, Vivian Lee Poates
Format Book
Publication InfoJackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©1979.
Descriptionxiii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Foreword -- Preface -- Background and biography -- Text and music -- Melody. Melodic shape ; Melodic organization -- Harmony. Pure diatonic chords, pedal points and ostinatos ; Polytonality ; Simultaneous major-minor and impure octaves ; Alterations of tertian chords ; Chord mixtures or free sound combinations ; Mediant connections and gliding chords ; Color chords and pure sound effects ; Cadences ; Modulations ; Nonharmonic tones and dissonances ; Conclusion -- Form. Transitional forms ; Regular binary form ; Ternary forms ; Atypical closed forms ; Open forms -- Piano accompaniment. Doubling ; Dances ; Special sonorities ; Independent use of the piano -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Catalogue of the published songs of Francis Poulenc -- Index to the songs of Poulenc and the poets.
General note"This volume is sponsored by the University of Southern Mississippi."--Title page verso.
Bibliography note"Catalogue of the published songs of Francis Poulenc": pages 159-165.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 156-158) and indexes.
LCCN 78014532
ISBN0878050868 :