Abstract
The importance of the octatonic scale in Stravinsky's music has consistently been overstated. While octatonicism is an aspect of Stravinsky's technique, it is just one of a number of different components that jointly produce the "Stravinsky sound." The article focuses on two techniques that have often been mistaken for octatonicism: modal uses of the non-diatonic minor scales; and the superimposition of elements that belong to different scalar collections.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 68-102 |
Number of pages | 35 |
Journal | Music Theory Spectrum |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2002 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Music