Towards a new quantitative technique to describe fuga subject deformation in the consort music of William Byrd

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1. Towards a new quantitative technique to describe fuga subject deformation in the consort music of William Byrd Eamonn Bell epb2125@columbia.edu SMI Postgraduate Conference, CIT/CSM 25 January 2013
2. Diverse subject entry forms from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Third point
4. e 3 I, b. 14 e 4 II, b. 15 Calculation Example from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Second point
5. e 3 I, b. 14 e 4 II, b. 15 Calculation Example from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Second point
6. e 3 I, b. 14 e 4 II, b. 15 Calculation Example from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Second point D(e 3 ,e 4 ) := number of flexes + number of stretches = 4 (flexes) + 1 (stretch) = 5 = D(e 4 ,e 3 )
7. Matrix example from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Second point
8. from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Second point Matrix example – Deformation profile
9. from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Third point Graphical application – Entry diagrams This graph shows the deformation profile: [0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 0, 7, 6, 0]
10. Matrix example – Plain form candidates from Byrd, Fantasia a 3/C1, Second point
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