Date of Degree
2010
Document Type
thesis
Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Department
Music
First Advisor
Robert C. Cook
Abstract
Many theorists have connected information content in music with the listener's perception of the passage of time. This thesis uses the construct of information theory entropy, developed in the 1940s by Bell Labs engineer Claude Shannon, to describe the passage of time in Webern's music. Entropy scores are computed based on pitches, intervals, CSEGs, and pc-sets; these scores are then used to examine the first of the Five Canons, op. 16, and the fourth of the Five Movements for String Quartet, op. 5.
Pages
vii, 122
Bibliography
117-122
Copyright
Copyright 2010 Sarah Elizabeth Culpepper
Recommended Citation
Culpepper, Sarah Elizabeth. "Musical time and information theory entropy." thesis, University of Iowa, 2010.
http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/659.