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Dissonance Within Discordance: The Influence of Equal Temperament on the Aesthetic Evaluation of Second Viennese Atonality

Shields, John (University of Oregon, 2015-08-18)

This thesis draws a distinction between the nature of intonation and tuning in tonal and atonal music. I describe the musical aesthetic of the Second Viennese School as conditioned by and born out of equal temperament. In ...
Form and Tonal Spectrum in 12-Tone Music: Approaches to Analysis in Schoenberg, Walker, and Webern

Didier, Alex (University of Oregon, 2023-03-24)

Approaches to analysis in 12-tone music have been predominantly focused around the concept of atonality. Building off of ideas first imagined by theorists such as Heinrich Schenker and Arnold Schoenberg, I propose that all ...