奏鸣曲式中调性结构对紧张感的影响——以莫扎特与贝多芬钢琴奏鸣曲为例

音乐紧张感是音乐聆听的基础与重要环节。本研究选取莫扎特与贝多芬的音乐作品, 运用紧张感模型计算与行为实验两种方法, 探讨奏鸣曲式中的调性结构对紧张感的影响。研究发现, 奏鸣曲中呈示部、展开部与再现部三部分的紧张感变化具有差异, 展开部的紧张感高于呈示部与再现部, 再现部的紧张感高于呈示部, 这源于转调距离与转调频率的差异。本研究探讨了在大尺度的真实音乐作品中调性结构对紧张感的影响, 为音乐学领域的研究提供佐证和新的视角。     

Groping for the greats: the strange musical claims of Nathan Ausubel

Nathan Ausubel (1898–1986) achieved unprecedented popularity as a compiler and translator of Jewish folklore during the 1940s and 1950s. Beneath the inspiring stories and charming sayings was a leftist ideologue preoccupied with the demise of Jewish life in Europe and the loss of Jewish identity to capitalist forces in the United States. Ausubel's agenda is elucidated in his polemical essays, which advocate using folklore as a means of bolstering Jewish pride and solidarity. Part of his strategy involved exaggerating the influence of Jewish culture on famous non-Jews, including Bach, Beethoven, and Schubert. This article examines these dubious musical claims and how they furthered Ausubel's activist agenda.