Fragmentation (music)

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In music composition fragmentation is the use of fragments or the "division of a musical idea (gesture, motive, theme, etc.) into segments." It is used in tonal and atonal music and is used in musical development and closure. Called liquidation by Arnold Schoenberg, it is a common musical technique used by composers including Béla Bartók. (Stein 2005, p.87)

[edit] Further reading

• Caplin, William. Classical Form: A Theory of Formal Functions, p. 10-11.

[edit] References

• Stein, Deborah (2005). Engaging Music: Essays in Music Analysis, "Introduction to Musical Ambiguity". New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517010-5.