FIVE Metrical Revisions

Abstract

Abstract This chapter, based on research undertaken in numerous libraries and archives in Europe, gives examples of Schumann's intensive compositional work on metrical dissonance. There are occasions when Schumann rendered originally consonant passages dissonant, usually by adding conflicting voices or adjusting the alignment of existing voices. He also frequently intensified or deintensified dissonances that were already present in his early versions, often by adding or eliminating dynamic accents. The chapter concludes with an investigation of possible reasons for such revisions: to clarify the form by intensifying the contrast between sections or by highlighting sectional boundaries; to create relationships between passages; or to create particular metrical processes.

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