A discussion of texture theory and wallace berry's concept of density-compression
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Texture, Wallace Berry, Density-compression, Temporality, Linearity and nonlinearityAbstract
The theory of texture developed by Wallace Berry allows us to visualize the role that texture plays in music and relates this element to the design of the musical form. However, the analysis made by Berry may not be applicable to repertoires in which the dominant temporal component is different from the linearity, or the becoming, of the classical and romantic periods, that is, repertoires that have non-linear or static temporalities of being. In regard to this type of repertoire, Berry's theory applies only partially, that is, only to quantitative aspects, namely, the concepts of density-number, density-compression, and space-texture. This work delves into the density-compression indicator proposed by Berry and modifies it to identify the segments of high compression, thus evaluating the compression characteristics from their internal dispositions, and not from their global aspects, such as it had been defined by Berry.
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