How Long to Read Desire in Chromatic Harmony

How Long Does it Take to Read Desire in Chromatic Harmony?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 2 minutes to read Desire in Chromatic Harmony by Kenneth M. Smith

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How does musical harmony engage listeners in relations of desire? Where does this desire come from? Author Kenneth Smith seeks to answer these questions by analyzing works from the turn of the twentieth- century that are both harmonically enriched and psychologically complex. Desire in Chromatic Harmony yields a new theory of how chromatic chord progressions direct the listener on intricate journeys through harmonic space, mirroring the tensions of the psyche found in Schopenhauer, Freud, Lacan, Lyotard, and Deleuze. Smith extends this mode of enquiry into sophisticated music theory, while exploring philosophically engaged European and American composers such as Richard Strauss, Alexander Skryabin, Josef Suk, Charles Ives, and Aaron Copland. Focusing on harmony and chord progression, the book drills down into the diatonic undercurrent beneath densely chromatic and dissonant surfaces. From the obsession with death and mourning in Suk's asrael Symphony to an exploration of "perversion" in Strauss's elektra; from the Sufi mysticism of Szymanowski's Song of the Night to the failed fantasy of the American dream in Copland's The Tender Land, Desire in Chromatic Harmony cuts a path through the dense forests of chromatic complexity, revealing the psychological make-up of post-Wagnerian psychodynamic music.

How long is Desire in Chromatic Harmony?

Desire in Chromatic Harmony by Kenneth M. Smith is 361 pages long, and a total of 90,611 words.

This makes it 122% the length of the average book. It also has 111% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Desire in Chromatic Harmony Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 15 minutes to read Desire in Chromatic Harmony aloud.

What Reading Level is Desire in Chromatic Harmony?

Desire in Chromatic Harmony is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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