Eternity in Each Moment
2013; Society for Music Theory; Volume: 19; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.30535/mto.19.1.2
ISSN1067-3040
Autores Tópico(s)Historical Influence and Diplomacy
ResumoThis paper suggests that Ravel’s “Le Gibet” from Gaspard de la nuit (1909) features temporal and formal innovations that anticipate those found in Debussy’s Jeux (1913) and Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920). The analysis combines voice-leading techniques with Stockhausen’s notion of “moment form” (further developed by Jonathan Kramer), revealing multiply directed temporal strategies that assert points of stasis, nonlinearity, continuity, and discontinuity. In the poem by Aloysius Bertrand that inspired Ravel’s music, the poetic devices typical of French Romanticism contrast with Ravel’s distinctly modern approach to musical temporality, which explores both durational and spatial models of time.
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