texture
[Eng.]
Term which refers to the vertical structure of a composition . That is to say, how many parts or voices there are, what the configuration (close , open , etc.) of the voices is, how the voices interact, etc.
SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLES:
Texture, combined: Bizet : L'arlésienne Suite No. 2. "Farandole" (concluding section)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 24
Texture, contrapuntal: Vivaldi : Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 11, No. 3, IIIW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 21
Bach : Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049, IIIW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 63
Beethoven : String Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 (Razumovsky ), IVW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 23
Gabrieli : Hodie Christus natus est W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 49
Mahler : Symphony No. 1 in D major, IIIW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 28
Mozart : Requiem in D minor, K. 626, Dies Irae , "Quantus tremor"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 3, Track 8
Palestrina : Missa in Festis Apostolorum I, "Agnus Dei"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 42
Texture, homophonic: Bach : Cantata No. 140, Wachet auf , BWV 140, ChoraleW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 58
Dvořák : Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (From the New World ), IIW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 35
Grieg : Peer Gynt Suite, Op. 46, No. 1, "Åse's Death"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 67
Mozart : Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, II (piano entrance)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 4
Musorgsky : Pictures at an Exhibition , "Great Gate of Kiev" (conclusion)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 22
Shostakovich : Ballet Suite No. 1, "Music Box Waltz"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 20
Sibelius : Finlandia , Op. 26 (main theme, strings)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 8
Texture, monophonic: Khatchaturian : Gayne Suite No. 2, AdagioW. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 19
Debussy : Syrinx W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 52
Gregorian Chant : Psalm 94, "Venite, exsultemus Domino"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 36
Gregorian Chant : Whitsunday Mass , "Alleluia, Emitte spiritum"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 37
Miyazaki: Shimabara No Komoriutta W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 20
Texture, Oriental (East Asian): Miyazaki: Shimabara No Komoriutta W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 20
Texture, polyphonic: Bach : Chorale Prelude for Organ, Wachet auf , BWV 645 (second phrase)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 1, Track 22
Rimsky-Korsakov : Capriccio espagnol , Op. 34, "Fandango asturiano" (middle section)W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 23
Shostakovich : Ballet Suite No. 1, "Music Box Waltz"W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 20
Stravinsky : Pastorale W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank --
Disc 2, Track 7
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