Partitions for Piano
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Partitions for Piano is a highly structured, serialist solo piano composition by American composer Milton Babbitt, exemplifying his rigorous mathematical approach to twelve-tone music.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Milton Babbitt | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
composer
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musical composition ⓘ serialist composition ⓘ solo piano piece ⓘ twelve-tone composition ⓘ |
| aesthetic |
high modernist
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non-tonal ⓘ |
| composer | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionalApproach | mathematical ⓘ |
| compositionalTechnique |
integral serialism
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twelve-tone technique ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| creator | Milton Babbitt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | pianists interested in contemporary music ⓘ |
| difficulty | virtuosic ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary classical music
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serialism ⓘ twelve-tone music ⓘ |
| hasTwelveToneRow | yes ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSerialControl |
articulation
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dynamics ⓘ pitch ⓘ rhythm ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anton Webern
NERFINISHED
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Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Viennese School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrumentation | piano ⓘ |
| intendedPerformer | solo pianist ⓘ |
| isPartOfTradition | American serialism ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| movement | single-movement work ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
complex rhythmic structures
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rigorous organization of pitch ⓘ use of set theory in pitch organization ⓘ |
| performanceContext | concert performance ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| requires |
advanced piano technique
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high rhythmic precision ⓘ strong score-reading ability ⓘ |
| structure | highly structured ⓘ |
| style | American academic modernism ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo |
mathematical partitions
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partitioning of pitch-class sets ⓘ |
| usesMathematicalConcepts |
combinatorics
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set partitions ⓘ |
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