Pandiatonic

In music pandiatonic chords and successions are those formed freely from all degrees of a diatonic scale without regard for their diatonic function, sometimes to the extent of no single pitch being felt as a tonic. The term was invented by Nicolas Slonimsky to describe examples such as the added sixth or the nonfunctional tonality of composers such as Aaron Copland (in his populist works; Jaffe, 1992), Igor Stravinsky (in his neoclassical works), and more recently Steve Reich and John Adams (Jaffe, 1992).

Pandiatonic Music

The following musical works include pandiatonicism.

*John Adams
**"Shaker Loops" (Jaffe, 1992)
**"China Gates" (Jaffe, 1992)
**"Phrygian Gates" (Jaffe, 1992)
*Aaron Copland
**"Appalachian Spring" (Jaffe, 1992)
*Eric Dolphy
**"Eric Dolphy"
*William Duckworth
**"Southern Harmony"
*Peter Garland
**"Sones de Flor" (http://cutthemullet.tripod.com/may2002.htm)
*Henryk Górecki
**"Symphony No. 3"
*Constant Lambert
**"Trois pieces negres, pour les touches blanches"
*Arvo Pärt
**"Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten"
*Steve Reich
**"The Desert Music" (Jaffe, 1992)
**:"Tehillim" (Jaffe, 1992)
*Igor Stravinsky
**"Petrushka"

ource

*Jaffe, Stephen. Conversation between SJ and JS on the New Tonality, "Contemporary Music Review" 1992, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 27-38
*Mann, William. London "Times" (December 27, 1963) via Companion

ee also

*Diatonic and chromatic

External links

* [http://www.arvopart.org/glossary.html Definition of pandiatonic from the glossary at www.arvopart.org]

ource

*Jaffe, Stephen. Conversation between SJ and JS on the New Tonality, "Contemporary Music Review" 1992, Vol. 6 (2), pp. 27-38
*Mann, William. "The Times" (December 27, 1963) via Companion