Music Analysis To Six Preludes For Piano By George Perle

The birth of “Twelve-tone Music Composition Technology” broke the traditional tonal system before the 20 th century.Although the twelve-tone system has had a close relationship with many composers and music theorists,it was ultimately established by Arnold Schoenberg by this classical twelve-tone composition method.His Students,Webern and Berg,inherited the development.The 20 th century American composer and music theorist George Perle(1915—2009)was influenced by Berg's Lyric Suite and also created a unique “Twelv-Tone Tonality” theory,which runs through the composer's lifetime.The Six Preludes for Piano,created in 1946,is a representative and inspiring one of Perle's early works.The work is created by using the “Twelve-Tone Tonality” system,which highly embodies the composer's “Twelve-tone”theoretical thinking and creative concept.This article mainly analyzes the work from the following aspects.First,using two different pitch analysis theories to explore the pitch organization in the work.While using George Pear's own “Twelve Tonality” theory,the basic concepts will be explained and the main techniques used in each of his works will be explained.Using the theory of “Pitch-Class Set” founded by Allen Ford(1926—2014)to discuss the pitch structure of the work,the pitch organization in the work will be analyzed according to the combination of two “Trichordal Set”.Second,we analyze the macro structure,local structure,and micro structure of the work in a large-to-small way.Finally,through the overall analysis of the work,revealing the composer's music creation concept.I hope that the analysis and research of this article,can provide some help for some music analysis scholars and creators.