Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin&#x2019;s Piano Sonata No. 5

Octavio A. Agust&#x00ED;n-Aquino; Guerino Mazzola

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_1

Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5

Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino, Guerino Mazzola

Music (Twin Cities)

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Abstract

We present statistical evidence for the importance of the “mystic chord” in Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53, from a computational and mathematical counterpoint perspective. More specifically, we compute the effect sizes and perform $$\chi ^{2}$$ tests with respect to the distributions of counterpoint symmetries in the Fuxian, mystic, Ionian and representatives of the other three possible counterpoint worlds in two passages of the work, which provide evidence of a qualitative change between the Fuxian and the mystic worlds in the sonata.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Mathematics and Computation in Music - 7th International Conference, MCM 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Mariana Montiel, Francisco Gomez-Martin, Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	3-20
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9783030213916
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_1
State	Published - 2019
Event	7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2019 - Madrid, Spain Duration: Jun 18 2019 → Jun 21 2019

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11502 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2019
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Madrid
Period	6/18/19 → 6/21/19

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Counterpoint
Mystic chord
Scriabin

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Agustín-Aquino, O. A., & Mazzola, G. (2019). Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5. In M. Montiel, F. Gomez-Martin, & O. A. Agustín-Aquino (Eds.), Mathematics and Computation in Music - 7th International Conference, MCM 2019, Proceedings (pp. 3-20). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11502 LNAI). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_1

Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5. / Agustín-Aquino, Octavio A.; Mazzola, Guerino.
Mathematics and Computation in Music - 7th International Conference, MCM 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Mariana Montiel; Francisco Gomez-Martin; Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 3-20 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11502 LNAI).

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Agustín-Aquino, OA & Mazzola, G 2019, Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5. in M Montiel, F Gomez-Martin & OA Agustín-Aquino (eds), Mathematics and Computation in Music - 7th International Conference, MCM 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11502 LNAI, Springer Verlag, pp. 3-20, 7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computation in Music, MCM 2019, Madrid, Spain, 6/18/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_1

Agustín-Aquino OA, Mazzola G. Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5. In Montiel M, Gomez-Martin F, Agustín-Aquino OA, editors, Mathematics and Computation in Music - 7th International Conference, MCM 2019, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 3-20. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-21392-3_1

Agustín-Aquino, Octavio A. ; Mazzola, Guerino. / Contrapuntal Aspects of the Mystic Chord and Scriabin’s Piano Sonata No. 5. Mathematics and Computation in Music - 7th International Conference, MCM 2019, Proceedings. editor / Mariana Montiel ; Francisco Gomez-Martin ; Octavio A. Agustín-Aquino. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 3-20 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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