Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 4

Taxonomy of Orchestral Grouping EffectsDebussy
Written By Stephen McAdams et al

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Example 4. Timbral augmentation (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31
Audio example 1a is the English horn alone, 1b adds the two solo celli, and 1c is the full context [simulation from OrchPlayMusic Library]

 
Timbral augmentation: Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31. English horn alone
Simulation by OrchPlayMusic Library
Timbral augmentation: Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31. English horn and celli
Simulation by OrchPlayMusic Library
Timbral augmentation: Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31. Full context
Simulation by OrchPlayMusic Library
 

Example at 6:47

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Debussy | La mer
Debussy | La mer

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Auditory Grouping Mechanisms | TOGE Ex. 1
Auditory Grouping Mechanisms | TOGE Ex. 1

Auditory grouping gives rise to events from which perceptual properties are extracted, which then acquire musical functions within a given sonic context

Grouping Processes | TOGE Ex. 2
Grouping Processes | TOGE Ex. 2

Auditory grouping processes and the resulting perceptual qualities and corresponding orchestral effects. [Adapted from Goodchild and McAdams 2021, Fig. 1]

Concurrent Grouping | TOGE Ex. 3
Concurrent Grouping | TOGE Ex. 3

Taxonomy of concurrent auditory grouping phenomena

Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 4
Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 4

Timbral augmentation (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 122–31

Wagner | Parsifal | TOGE Ex. 5
Wagner | Parsifal | TOGE Ex. 5

Timbral augmentation (sustained, transforming): Overture, mm. 20–25. Timestamp: 2:03

Sibelius | Symphony no. 5 | TOGE Ex. 6
Sibelius | Symphony no. 5 | TOGE Ex. 6

Timbral augmentation (punctuated): Sibelius, Symphony no. 5, op. 82, iii, mm. 474–482

Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 7
Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 7

Timbral emergence (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 6–17

Schoenberg | Five Pieces for Orchestra | TOGE Ex. 8
Schoenberg | Five Pieces for Orchestra | TOGE Ex. 8

Timbral emergence (sustained, transforming): Schoenberg, Five Pieces for Orchestra op. 16, iii, mm. 1–11

Haydn| Symphony No. 100 | TOGE Ex. 27
Haydn| Symphony No. 100 | TOGE Ex. 27

Sectional boundaries: Dolan’s (2013b) orchestral graph of Haydn, Symphony no. 100, ii. Colors represent different instruments and the line thickness corresponds to notated dynamics.

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