Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 7

Jan 25

Example 7. Timbral emergence (sustained, stable): Debussy, La Mer, i, mm. 6–17
Audio example 4a presents the blend of English horn plus muted trumpet and 4b adds the full musical context
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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

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

Taxonomy of concurrent auditory grouping phenomena

Debussy | La Mer | TOGE Ex. 4

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

Wagner | Parsifal | TOGE Ex. 5

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

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

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

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

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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