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Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale
Final Call for papers

Can we talk of a passacaglia principle?

The recent revival of Formenlehre devoted substantial efforts to the 
discussion of sonata form(s), often from opposed – and sometimes 
conflicting – angles. Different theories have been developed concerning 
what we might call the “sonata principle”.

This special issue of Rivista di Analisi e Teoria Musicale is intended to 
address a similar topic in respect of the passacaglia.

We invite the submission of abstracts which will address this issue from 
any perspective and with respect to any repertory. You may wish to respond 
to one of the following possibilities:

•       is it worthwhile distinguishing between passacaglia and chaconne 
(cf. Couperin’s ‘Chaconne ou Passacaille’)? Does a common “principle” (what 
we have provisionally called “passacaglia principle”) exist in both genres? 
Which elements can be considered distinctive features?
•       what is the relationship between the passacaglia principle and 
variation form?
•       how pervasive is the combination of passacaglia and lament (cf. 
Purcell’s ‘When I am laid in earth’, Ligeti’s Horn trio)? Is this 
connection essential to the principle?
•       is a teleological/narrative process intrinsic to the principle, or 
is it a later development (cf. Brahms IV, last movement)?
•       what is to be gained from viewing popular song’s harmonic loops as 
passacaglia-derived (cf. My Chemical Romance’s ‘Famous last words’)?
•       does a relationship exist between the passacaglia principle and the 
practices of oral tradition?  Is it worthwhile connecting this relationship 
to the question of the origin of the passacaglia principle?

Deadline for submission of abstracts is the end of May 2013. If selected, 
you will be asked to submit your paper by January 2014. Submitted papers 
will then be subject to the normal refereeing process.

Abstracts (in English or Italian, 800-1000 words, bibliography excluded) 
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Professor Allan F. Moore
Dept of Music & Sound Recording
University of Surrey
GUILDFORD GU2 7XH
http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/msr/

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http://www.allanfmoore.org.uk

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