Open AccessIvan Shishov, the First Attempts of Melody Analysis in the Soviet Union
Author(s) -
Yuri K. Zakharov
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-3-90-98
Subject(s) - melody , representation (politics) , soviet union , symmetry (geometry) , interval (graph theory) , linguistics , speech recognition , computer science , art , literature , philosophy , mathematics , political science , law , geometry , combinatorics , musical , politics
Describes the life and works of the Russian composer Ivan Shishov (1888-1947) and examines his article “On the Analysis Of Melodic Structure” (1927). The author argues that Shishov’s method was based on the numerical representation of melodic intervals and questing for the numerical and graphical elements of symmetry, which manifests in the interval structure of a melody.