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14 Apr

Analysis of Eugène Ysaÿe's "Harmonies du soir"

Publié par Sylvain Courtney  - Catégories :  #classical

I recently stumbled upon this great piece of music by Belgian Composer and conductor.

The beginning of "Harmonies du soir" features some gorgeous harmonic movements,here is a short analysis i did.

Measures 1 to 10 go from Eb7 to G7 and back to Eb7.That would be the general harmonic direction.

The B7(bVI7 of Eb) in measure 4 is a neighbour chord to Eb7.

Interestingly enough,Eb7(bVI7 of G7) can serve as a neighbour chord to G7.(G°7 is also used)

In Jazz, the bVI7 is often considered as a altered subdominant chord ( a sort of" bluesy" modification of the bVImaj7chord which is a modal interchange), but it may also be traced back to a neighbour chord function.

"Harmonies du soir is a sensuously chromatic journey through thickly textured emotions and colours finally leading, by restlessly climbing motifs, to a glorious sunrise in C. The only documented public performance was given by the Columbia University Strings in New York in 1979. This is its first recording. "

 

Analysis of Eugène Ysaÿe's "Harmonies du soir"
Analysis of Eugène Ysaÿe's "Harmonies du soir"
Analysis of Eugène Ysaÿe's "Harmonies du soir"
Analysis of Eugène Ysaÿe's "Harmonies du soir"
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