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Textural and Thematic Contrast

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1958

Creator: Gomer Ll. Jones Lee Frischknecht Lawrence E. McKune WKAR-TV

Format: 16mm

Description: In this program, Dr. Jones illustrates textural contrast, i.e., the setting of passages of homophonic texture against polyphonic passages in the same composition, with examples from Palestrina, Bach and Handel. Thematic contrast is explained as the juxtaposition of themes of contrasting characters in somewhat the manner of conflict in drama.

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