Dissociação entre forma e estrutura harmônica em obras de Claude Debussy e Igor Stravinsky

Abstract

In this paper we present analyses of the Prelude X, Book II, entitled Canope, by Claude Debussy, and of the Introduction to the first part from the ballet The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky. Our work focuses on the harmonic content of these pieces which are interpreted through traditional methods for analysis of tonal harmony, such as the detailed by Walter Piston is his book “Harmony”, as well in the light of techniques for pitch organization common to composers of the aesthetics studied here, as the ones compiled by Stefan Kostka e Matthew Santa. Our results show how these works, output of composers from different aesthetics and generations, share a same characteristic: the dissociation between harmonic form and structure. In both cases, even though as results of different procedures for harmonic organization, we found a background organizational layer inspired by the tonal system that supports the creation of a harmony without perceptible traces of tonal relations.