Micropolyphonia

Micropolyphony referred to in musicology a polyphonic guided compositional technique , in which the number of self-employed or contrapuntal run simultaneously sounding voices is significantly increased. Often a number of 10 votes is exceeded. Developed primarily by György Ligeti in the 20th century, earlier micropolyphonic works can also be found in the history of music , for example by Thomas Tallis . Due to the high degree of timbre fusion of the individual voices, micropolyphony is one of the musically impressionistic compositional techniques.

literature

• LS Dʹiachkova, Klaus Lagaly: Harmony in the music of the 20th century. Pfau Verlag, 2001.
• Daniel Gethmann (Ed.): Sound machines between experiment and media technology. transcript Verlag, Bielefeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-8376-1419-0 .

Web links

• Sound composition as a post-serial strategy (accessed on August 29, 2016)