Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar as influências e traços da retórica na gênese das formas musicais. Parte-se do pressuposto de que, a partir do desenvolvimento de uma música instrumental autônoma, emancipada da palavra, a herança retórica contribuiu para a disposição formal do material sonoro, bem como para harmonizar coerentemente as relações entre forma e conteúdo. O estudo propõe uma visão da retórica grega e latina contraposta à abordagem tradicionalmente sistemática das formas musicais. Ambas são, então, relacionadas por meio dos conceitos retóricomusicais, estabelecidos e codificados preponderantemente no século XVIII, em consonância com a fundamentação aristotélica. Esta intersecção permite uma reavaliação das práticas analíticas, enriquecendo-as a partir da introdução da metáfora da oração e da função persuasiva que integram o processo composicional. Vislumbra-se, por tais procedimentos, a reavaliação das possibilidades semânticas ocultas pela codificação sintática. / This research aims to investigate the influences and traces of rhetoric in the genesis of the musical forms. It is based on the assumption that, starting from the development of an autonomous instrumental music, emancipated from the word, the rhetoric inheritance contributed for the formal disposition of sonorous material, as well to harmonize coherently the relation between structure and content. The study proposes a vision of Greek and Latin rhetoric as compared to the traditionally systematic approach of the musical forms. Both are, then, related through rhetoric-musical concepts, established and codified predominantly in the eighteenth century, in consonance with the Aristotelic bases. This intersection permits a re-evaluation of the analytical practices, enriching them with the introduction of the metaphor of the oration and by the persuasive function that integrates the compositional process. One gains a glimpse, that through such procedures, of the re-evaluation of the semantical possibilities hidden by the syntactic codification.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar as influências e traços da retórica na gênese das formas musicais. Parte-se do pressuposto de que, a partir do desenvolvimento de uma música instrumental autônoma, emancipada da palavra, a herança retórica contribuiu para a disposição formal do material sonoro, bem como para harmonizar coerentemente as relações entre forma e conteúdo. O estudo propõe uma visão da retórica grega e latina contraposta à abordagem tradicionalmente sistemática das formas musicais. Ambas são, então, relacionadas por meio dos conceitos retóricomusicais, estabelecidos e codificados preponderantemente no século XVIII, em consonância com a fundamentação aristotélica. Esta intersecção permite uma reavaliação das práticas analíticas, enriquecendo-as a partir da introdução da metáfora da oração e da função persuasiva que integram o processo composicional. Vislumbra-se, por tais procedimentos, a reavaliação das possibilidades semânticas ocultas pela codificação sintática. / This research aims to investigate the influences and traces of rhetoric in the genesis of the musical forms. It is based on the assumption that, starting from the development of an autonomous instrumental music, emancipated from the word, the rhetoric inheritance contributed for the formal disposition of sonorous material, as well to harmonize coherently the relation between structure and content. The study proposes a vision of Greek and Latin rhetoric as compared to the traditionally systematic approach of the musical forms. Both are, then, related through rhetoric-musical concepts, established and codified predominantly in the eighteenth century, in consonance with the Aristotelic bases. This intersection permits a re-evaluation of the analytical practices, enriching them with the introduction of the metaphor of the oration and by the persuasive function that integrates the compositional process. One gains a glimpse, that through such procedures, of the re-evaluation of the semantical possibilities hidden by the syntactic codification.

國立政治大學英國語文學系碩士班 碩士論文摘要 論文名稱： 詩中音樂: 艾略特《四首四重奏》中的音樂形式 指導教授： 楊麗敏 研究生：蔡文傑 論文提要內容： 許多批評家曾試著從各種角度解釋《四首四重奏》這個標題。 因為正如艾略特所宣示的，《四重奏》這個字(詞)是了解這部作品的正確途徑。 本文則試著從音樂的角度切入這部作品。 因為貝多芬的音樂在艾略特一生佔有舉足輕重的影響。艾略特也曾在多處提及深受貝多芬的A小調弦樂四重奏感動。另一方面，詩與音樂更是艾略特長久一來的關注重點。他相信，詩與音樂能達到某種程度的交流與可能性。正如他在《詩的音樂》一文中所宣示的。他認為詩與音樂的可能性主要包括在三方面。分別為韻律與結構，主題的重複，以及主題材料的對位式安排。因此，本文主要從音樂性的結構（音樂曲式），主題的發展、佈局來分析這部作品。 在結構方面正如艾略特所透露的，《四首四重奏》與貝多芬的弦樂四重奏在架構上有相似之處。在本文的分析裡，發現每一首四重奏的五個樂章分別是奏鳴曲式、二部曲式、三部曲式、進行曲式和迴旋曲式。主題方面，每首《四重奏》如貝多芬的弦樂四重奏一樣主要處理了對立主題的不斷發展、變化到解決。另外，如貝多芬的晚期四重奏裡的複音特性，《四首四重奏》裡也展現了多主題的同時進行。本文將分為四個章節討論，針對這三個層面分析。由主題的發展著手，找出主題之間的互動以及音樂性的架構。 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………iii Chinese Abstract……………………………………………………………………v English Abstract……………………………………………………………………vi Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1 Chapter 1. "Burnt Norton"- The Still Point and the Turning World………………...19 2. "East Coker"- The Beginning and the End……………………………...34 3. "The Dry Salvages"- Time and the Timeless……………………………52 4. "Little Gidding"-Now and England…………….……………………….70 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………87 Selected Bibliography……………………………………….……………………..93 Chinese Reference…………………………………………..……………………100 / English Abstract Critics try to decipher the title Four Quartets from different criteria because the word 'quartet' is the right tack for understanding the work. This thesis tries to examine Four Quartets from a musical criterion since Beethoven's music plays an important role in T. S. Eliot's life. Besides, T. S. Eliot mentions that he is deeply touched by Beethoven's string quartet in A minor. Most important of all, music remains T. S. Eliot's main concern throughout his life. He believes that to some extent there are possibilities of transformation between music and poetry as he declares in his "The Music of Poetry." He thinks that the possibilities exist in three ways. They are the sense of rhythm and structure, the recurrent use of themes and the contrapuntal arrangement of subject matter. Therefore, this thesis applies musical structures to analyze the development of themes in Four Quartets. Structurally, Four Quartets and Beethoven's string quartet have similar structures or forms. In this thesis, it is found that the five movements of each quartet are in sonata form, (rounded) binary form, ternary form, march, and rondo form. Thematically, like Beethoven's string quartet, each quartet of Four Quartets mainly deals with the constant development, variation and reconciliation of contrasting themes. Besides, the characteristics of polyphony in Beethoven's late string quartets may be found in the juxtaposition of multiple themes in Four Quartets. This thesis is divided into four chapters. In each chapter, each quartet is analyzed from these three aspects. The thesis focuses on the development of themes in order to find out the interaction of themes and the musical structures in Four Quartets.

Notre travail de recherche a pour objectif d’éclairer le parcours logique dissimulé derrière les compositions pour le théâtre de Salvatore Sciarrino, afin de réduire la distance entre l’artiste e le destinataire de ses œuvres. Nous avons réfléchi dans un premier temps aux conditions culturelles qui ont joué un rôle important et décisif dans la création du compositeur pour ensuite nous pencher sur l’observation, l’analyse et la compréhension de son premier essai d’esthétique : Le figure della musica da Beethoven a oggi. L’analyse des formes musicales individuées et formalisées par Sciarrino s’est révélée conséquente pour :a. mettre en évidence la forma mentis du compositeur et les innombrables aspects de sa personnalité ;b. déceler l’ensemble de normes et de lois qui sont à la base de son langage organique.Sans nous engager dans le domaine sémantique de la musique, nous avons néanmoins réfléchi avec Sciarrino sur le langage musical et sur la question de sa communication. La recherche du compositeur se présente en fait comme un cas particulier de création d’un langage conçu pour le domaine artistique en général et non pas exclusivement pour le domaine musical.Afin de retracer les aspects les plus singuliers de son travail artistique, nous avons mis l’accent sur l’un des concepts fondamentaux de son enseignement : la musique découle entièrement de la réalité sonore qui nous entoure et qui en constitue l’essence. L’événement sonore, conçu en tant qu’organisme vivant, renvoie à l’idée de Sciarrino d’une écoute écologique, qui traduit la faculté de transformation des sons naturels dans le langage musical, à travers une écoute en perspective.Le découpage dramatique et dramaturgique mis en œuvre par le compositeur propose à l’auditeur et à l’interprète de sa musique un véritable travail de perception, à la fois du texte et de la musique, et les plonge dans un monde caractérisé par l’incertitude et l’imperceptibilité. D’où l’originalité de sa recherche musicale et de ses projets dramaturgiques, qui n’ont pas pour objectif de faire coïncider la réalité visuelle avec la réalité sonore, mais de l’évoquer à travers des sons imperceptibles, à la limite du silence. / The goal of this research is to shed light on the logical trail that is hidden behind Sciarrino’s compositions for theater; it will help us reduce the distance between the artist and the recipient of his works. At first, we will ponder the cultural circumstances, which played an important and decisive part in the composer’s artistic creations. Then, we will devote time to observe, analyze and understand his first writing on aesthetics : Les figure della musica da Beethoven a oggi.The analysis of the unique musical forms created by Sciarrino will prove useful as we :a. reveal the forma mentis of the composer and the innumerable aspects of his personality ;b. trace his organic language back to the system of norms and laws from which it originates.Without involving ourselves in the category of musical semantics, we will nonetheless consider musical language and its levels of communication. In fact, Sciarrino’s research appears as the special instance of a language that is being created for the artistic world in general and not exclusively for the musical world.In order to recount the most singular aspects of his artistic work, we will focus on one of the fundamental concepts of his teachings : that music derives entirely from the sonic reality, which surrounds us and which therefore constitutes its essence.The sonic event, conceived as a living organism, refers to the idea of ecological listening. It is the faculty of transforming natural sounds within a musical language, by listening in perspective.The dramatic and dramaturgic division put in place by Sciarrino offers the listener and the performer of his music a study on perception, of both text and music, and immerges them in a world characterized by uncertainty and imperceptibility. Hence the originality of his musical research and dramaturgic project, which goal is not to make the visual reality coincide with the sonic reality, but to evoke the former with imperceptible sounds, ones that border on silence.

It is the purpose of this thesis to discuss and compare the canzoni of Frescobaldi and Froberger and to show something of their influences on their successors.

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