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A quantitative study of pitch registers in string quartets opus 17, by Joseph Haydn

Authors

  • Marcos da Silva Sampaio Universidade Federal da Bahia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-769X
  • Vicente Sanches Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Matheus Travassos Universidade Federal da Bahia
  • Carla Castro Universidade Federal da Bahia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52930/mt.v5i1.128

Abstract

In this paper, we present an exploratory study of the pitch registers on the string quartets Opus 17, by Joseph Haydn, according to a quantitative approach. This subject is relevant because the pitch registers studies have revealed noteworthy issues in the Musical Analysis area, the statistical techniques help to detect musical subtleties with a small potential for bias, and because on this corpus, Haydn has established standards for the string quartet genre. The pitch registers study allowed us to identify relevant musical aspects in the repertoire, understand the role of extreme registers in the form segmentation, and observe the prominence of the development and second theme sections, and the feasibility of the quantitative methods. We present a brief theoretical foundation, the methodological framework, the results of the investigation on the quartets' instrument pitches, a discussion about these results, and the conclusions.

Keywords: Pitch register, Quantitative analysis, Digital Musicology, String quartet, Joseph Haydn

Author Biographies

Marcos da Silva Sampaio, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Professor and researcher in Music Theory and Composition at the Federal University of Bahia, he works in the Music Theory and Digital Musicology areas, with an emphasis on the Music Contour Theory, musical similarity, and statistical analysis of the 18th-century repertoire. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Brazilian Journal of Music and Mathematics.

Vicente Sanches, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Undergraduate Conducting student at the Federal University of Bahia and Genos research group member.

Matheus Travassos, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Undergraduate Composition student at the Federal University of Bahia.

Carla Castro, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Violinist and music teacher, she started her studies with Teodoro Salles. In Vienna, she studied with Jela Spitkova and Wolfgang David. In this period, she toured Europe and South America with Junge Philarmonie Wien. Currently, she is an undergraduate violin student at UFBA with Alexandre Casado, participates in the Chamber Orchestra of Salvador, and coordinates the Integral Conservatory of Music.

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Published

2021-04-27

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Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): january–july

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