How composers make a big deal out of nothing

Learn what musical motives are, how they work and how composers use them.

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FURTHER READING:
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Auerbach, Brent, Musical Motives: A Theory and Method for Analyzing Shape in Music, Oxford University Press, 2021.

RECENT METHODOLOGY FOR MOTIVIC ANALYSIS, LIMITED APPLICATIONS FOR COMPOSITION THOUGH.

Laitz, Steven G.; Callahan, Michael R., The Complete Musician: An Integrated Approach to Theory, Analysis and Listening, Oxford University Press, 2023.

NICE GENERAL HANDBOOK ON MUSIC THEORY FOR THE CLASSROOM. MOTIVES ARE DISCUSSED IN THE APPENDIX 2.


TIMESTAMPS:
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00:00 - Intro
00:29 - What is a Motive
02:13 - Composing a Motive
05:47 - Motive Treatments
08:58 - Motivic Behaviour
11:35 - Outro