Meter as Template: Metric Allusion in Music
by Thomas AdèsDaniel Goldberg, University of Connecticut
SMT Annual Meeting, Arlington, VANovember 4, 2017
Adès, Asyla, mvt. II, mm. 52–59
Adès, Asyla, mvt. II, mm. 52–59, Recomposed in Triple Meter
Durations from Asyla, mvt. II, mm. 52–59, Represented Proportionally
Durations from Asyla, mvt. II, mm. 52–59, Represented Proportionally
Durations from Asyla, mvt. II, mm. 52–59, Represented Proportionally
Transposed Pitch Series in Asyla
Same Note Value Violin I.2 Shorter Violin I.2 Longer
Inexact Correspondence of Durations in Parts with Transposed Pitches in Asyla
Graph of Timing Measurements from a Recording of Asyla (LSO, Adès)
Graph of Timing Measurements from a Recording of Asyla (LSO, Adès)
Graph of Timing Measurements from a Recording of Asyla (LSO, Adès)
Metric Template for the Excerpt from Asyla
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1 -1 -1
-2 -2 -2
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-2-2 -2
-1 -1
Stepwise Descending Lines in Asyla
B major triad(PC C also sounding)
Tonal Center in the Cello Melody in Asyla
Subsection b’ in the Scherzo of Adès, Arcadiana, “L’Embarquement”
Subsection b’ in the Scherzo of Adès, Arcadiana, “L’Embarquement”
Durations from “L’Embarquement,” mm. 40–46, Represented Proportionally
Durations of Five Quarter Notes in “L’Embarquement”
Metric Template for the Excerpt from “L’Embarquement”
Voice Exchange and Dominant Seventh Chord in “L’Embarquement”
Downbeat of m. 44 in “L’Embarquement”
Endellion
Calder
Timing in Two Recordings of “L’Embarquement”
Endellion
Calder
Timing in Two Recordings of “L’Embarquement”
Endellion
Calder
Timing in Two Recordings of “L’Embarquement”
Recomposed
Original
Subsections b and b’ in the Scherzo of “L’Embarquement”
mm. 12–19
mm. 40–47
Discography
Adès, Thomas, conductor. 2016. Asyla. On Adès: Asyla, Tevot, Polaris. London Symphony Orchestra. LSO Live LSO0798.
Calder Quartet. 2015. Arcadiana. On The Twenty-fifth Hour: The Chamber Music of Thomas Adès. Signum Classics SIGCD413.
Endellion Quartet. 1998. Arcadiana. On Adès: Living Toys. EMI Classics 7243 5 72271 2 4.