Brian Alegant
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
This study explores the voice-leading and motivic aspects of two-dimensional aggregate formations, or "cross-partitions," in twelve-tone music. Part I introduces the theoretical background. It defines cross-partitions and explores some of their properties. Part II examines cross-partitions in selected twelve-tone works. The analyses pay particular, attention to harmony, voice-leading, and motivic association among and between cross-partitions.