In a 1962 article for Perspectives of New Music, Edward T. Cone presents a theory called stratification, interlock, and synthesis, based on the music of Stravinsky. According to Cone, stratification is the separation of musical ideas juxtaposed in time; interlock is the delayed continuation of a musical idea which has been interrupted; and synthesis is the assimilation or resolution of ideas that have been stratified. Using the disjointed structure of Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments as the prime example, Cone identifies more subtle uses of the technique in several other of Stravinsky's works and suggests that the technique may be found consistently in Stravinsky's pre-serial compositions. / In response to this assertion, the present study seeks to determine the extent to which the technique of stratification, interlock, and synthesis may be found in The Rake's Progress, the great culmination of Stravinsky's "neoclassic" period. First, a critical evaluation of Cone's article is made, including a detailed examination of his analyses of the Symphonies of Wind Instruments, the Symphony of Psalms, the "Hymne" from the Serenade in A, and also an analysis of the fugue from Orpheus to which Cone alludes in an addendum to his article. Some general conclusions are drawn, and terminology is refined so that the theory may be systematically applied to other works. Then, the theory is applied to The Rake's Progress. The Rake is Stravinsky's longest work, yet is composed in the eighteenth-century "number" style, allowing for an expansive analysis on many different structural levels. / It is determined that the Rake does indeed display the technique of stratification in various ways. In certain "numbers," the technique is the primary structural force. In several cases, elements of the technique span entire scenes and involve the dramatic situation as well as the music itself. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-02, Section: A, page: 0294. / Major Professor: Peter Spencer. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1988.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77940 |
| Contributors | Keever, Howard Thomas., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 188 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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