September 10, 2019

 mm. 45
 Brahms will go to the hemiola on the dominant that is leading the second theme
 “modular” theory
o Brahms uses, freely, “modules” that he freely adapts and cuts
 Brahms finds a way to systematize and write in a hyper-rigourous
 Rifkin: “Tonality ends at Brahms”
o In its classic manifestation (tonic-dominant tonality)
 Triadic tonality does not disappear
 G Bb F Ab G
 Brahms puts tunes, lots of second melodies, in cello
 Development is an immense expansion of the lower neighbor of the dominant (C# to D)

September 24, 2019

 Canon
o Organicism
 Can you be organic in music?
 Metaphor
o Theme
 A linear entity
 A succession of pitches and rhythms
 Not necessarily a melody
o Brings the horizontal and the vertical together
o The succession of themes is systematic
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