Mirka, Danuta - Hypermetric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart

Hypermetric Manipulations in Haydn and Mozart offers a systematic classification of hypermetrical irregularities in relation to phrase structure. It also offers a comprehensive account of the ways in which phrase structure and hypermeter were described by eighteenth-century music theorists, conceived by eighteenth-century composers, and perceived by eighteenth-century listeners.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Note on Terminology, Language, and Musical Examples
Chapter 1. Hypermeter
1.1. Accents
1.2. Counting
1.3. Phrases and Hypermeasures
1.4. Dynamic Model of Hypermeter
Chapter 2. Phrase Structure
2.1. Caesuras and Melodic Sections Contained by Them
2.2. Length and Proportion of Melodic Sections
Chapter 3. Hypermetrical Irregularity in Basic Phrases
3.1. Irregular Phrases
3.2. Subdivisions
3.3. Long Phrases without Subdivisions
Chapter 4. Hypermetrical Irregularities in Compound Phrases
4.1. Left Elision, Right Elision, and Overlap
4.2. Right and Left Deletion
4.3. Phrase-Rhythmic Scenarios after a Cadence
4.4. Shadow Hypermeter
Chapter 5. Hypermetrical Irregularities in Expanded Phrases
5.1. Parenthesis
5.2. Repetition
5.3. Appendix
Chapter 6. Further Means of Phrase Expansion
6.1. Overridden Caesuras
6.2. Twisted Caesuras
6.3. Loops
6.4. Stretches
6.5. Written-out Rallentando
Chapter 7. Hypermeter Beyond Phrase Structure
7.1. Sequences
7.2. Fugato
7.3. Augmented Cadences
Chapter 8. Hypermeter, Phrase Structure, and Rhetorical Figures
8.1. Ellipsis
8.2. Anadiplosis
Chapter 9. Beyond Rhetoric
9.1. Haydn, String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 50 No. 3, First Movement
9.2. Haydn, String Quartet in C major, Op. 64 No. 1, First Movement
9.3. Fiddler on the Roof in Haydn's String Quartets
Bibliography
Index of Compositions by Haydn and Mozart
General Index

Series	Oxford Studies in Music Theory