MusMat Research Group releases the Vol. IV, No. 2 of MusMat Journal!

We are glad to announce the release of the second number of the fourth volume of MusMat – Brazilian Journal of Music and  Mathematics. Six original articles integrate this number.  Marco Feitosa introduces the concept of Partitional Harmony, an original field of research that relates the Theory of Integer Partitions to several fields of Post-Tonal Theory. Robert Morris provides an in-depth analysis of Feldman’s Last Pieces for piano solo, bringing to light information that can help the pianists perform the cancelling effect requested by the composer. Gabriel Pareyon combines Matthai philosophy with Category Theory, using Yoneda lemma, suggesting that the latter can support a robust philosophy of music within the scope of Category Theory.  Robert Peck investigates the inversion operation, in terms of cycles, and its application to a dramaturgical context, through the examination of the Aristotelian concept of peripeteia, as observable in Birtwistle’s opera Punch and Judy. Paulo de Tarso Salles explores Forte’s Genera Theory (as well as other proposals that deal with similarities between pitch-class sets) and demonstrates the application of this theory in some works by Villa-Lobos. Pauxy Gentil-Nunes discusses the Partitioning Complexes and their application in musical practice by examining three situations: textural planning in the context of compositional processes, observation of the relationship between textural configurations and coupling of the body (Performative Partitioning), and Spatial Partitioning.

 

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