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- Title
When Intra- and Interthematic Functions Collide: Conflation in Robert Schumann's Orchestral Sonata Forms.
- Authors
Poon, Matthew
- Abstract
This article analyzes formal fusion in the first movements of Schumann's Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and the finale of his Overture, Scherzo, and Finale. Within these pieces, fusion results from what Julian Horton (2015) calls "conflation"—that is, a process in which previously distinct formal levels collapse into each other—resulting in two new categories of sonata expositions I term bipartite and undivided. These categories help explain some of the unique features of Schumann's orchestral music and provide new tools toward understanding nineteenth-century form.
- Subjects
SCHUMANN, Robert, 1810-1856; ORCHESTRAL music; SYMPHONY; NINETEENTH century
- Publication
Music Theory Spectrum, 2024, Vol 46, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
0195-6167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/mts/mtad018