Eclectic musicians may also use historical references in their work. A song can reference historical forms and methods through its composition, arrangement or production.
The Beatles' output is characterised by the group's stylistic eclecticism.
The 1968 song Honey Pie is a useful example of these eclectic methods of music writing.
In the song's introduction, for example, Paul McCartney's vocals are EQ-ed to resemble a 1930s-style radio announcement, with additional vinyl crackles ('Now she's hit the big time!').
The song is also historicised by its arrangement. The accompanying jazz wind ensemble resembles the ragtime, vaudeville and music hall styles popular in early 20th century Britain.
Kennedy, Michael, and Joyce Bourne (eds.). 2006. "Eclecticism", in The Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Cope, David 1997. "Decategorization." Techniques of the Contemporary Composer,[page needed]. New York: Schirmer Books; London: Prentice Hall International. ISBN9780028647371.
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eclecticism, music, this, article, technical, most, readers, understand, please, help, improve, make, understandable, experts, without, removing, technical, details, october, 2021, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, music, theory, music, criticism, . This article may be too technical for most readers to understand Please help improve it to make it understandable to non experts without removing the technical details October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message In music theory and music criticism the term eclecticism refers to use of diverse music genres A musician might be described as eclectic if their output can be ascribed to different genres such as country rock progressive classical or ambient Eclectic musicians may also use historical references in their work A song can reference historical forms and methods through its composition arrangement or production Contents 1 Examples in popular music 1 1 Honey Pie 2 Classical theory 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 SourcesExamples in popular music edit Honey Pie edit The Beatles output is characterised by the group s stylistic eclecticism The 1968 song Honey Pie is a useful example of these eclectic methods of music writing In the song s introduction for example Paul McCartney s vocals are EQ ed to resemble a 1930s style radio announcement with additional vinyl crackles Now she s hit the big time The song is also historicised by its arrangement The accompanying jazz wind ensemble resembles the ragtime vaudeville and music hall styles popular in early 20th century Britain Classical theory editThe term can be used to describe the music of composers who combine multiple styles of composition an example would be a composer using a whole tone scale variant of a folk song in a pentatonic scale over a chromatic counterpoint or a tertian arpeggiating melody over quartal or secundal harmonies Eclecticism can also occur through quotations whether of a style n 1 direct quotations of folk songs variations of them for example in Mahler s Symphony No 1 or direct quotations of other composers for example in Berio s Sinfonia 1 See also editPolystylism Progressive musicNotes edit For example Shostakovich s Symphony No 9 calls back to Haydnesque classicism References edit Cope 1997 pp 230 33Sources editKennedy Michael and Joyce Bourne eds 2006 Eclecticism in The Oxford Dictionary of Music Oxford and New York Oxford University Press Cope David 1997 Decategorization Techniques of the Contemporary Composer page needed New York Schirmer Books London Prentice Hall International ISBN 9780028647371 nbsp This article about a music genre is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eclecticism in music amp oldid 1176692853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
