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Music theory

Schoenberg's idea of a basic musical shape whose motives and intervals are developed to generate an entire composition.

In music theory, Grundgestalt refers to Schoenberg's idea of a basic musical shape whose motives and intervals are developed to generate an entire composition. This meaning comes from Epstein (1979) in Beyond Orpheus.[1]

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  1. Epstein, D. (1979). Beyond Orpheus: Studies in musical structure. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262550543

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