Through an analysis of Thomas Adès’s (b. 1971) early chamber orchestra work Living Toys (1993), this article explores how pitch material associated with certain topics and topic-like objects can function as nodes of a transformational network. I build a network from two perspectives: first, three topics are related through Expansion (EXP) and Compression (CMP) transformations, and second, two further topics are related through common tonally suggestive intervals. Freed from tonal syntax, this tapestry of semantically rich objects provides an entrance to understanding the work’s harmony. But given the listener-dependence of topics—allied with transformational theory’s kaleidoscopic flexibility—these two complementary viewpoints model multiple simultaneous understandings of the harmonic language, depending on the objects prioritized.

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Thomas Adès 生活玩具中的生活玩具：转换后色调主题

通过分析 Thomas Adès（生于 1971 年）早期的室内乐团作品 Living Toys（1993 年），本文探讨了与某些主题和类似主题的对象相关的音高材料如何充当转换网络的节点。我从两个角度构建了一个网络：首先，三个主题通过扩展（EXP）和压缩（CMP）转换相关，其次，另外两个主题通过常见的音调暗示间隔相关。摆脱了音调句法，这幅语义丰富的物体挂毯为理解作品的和谐性提供了一个入口。但是考虑到主题的听众依赖性——再加上转换理论的万花筒灵活性——这两个互补的观点模拟了对和声语言的多种同时理解，这取决于优先考虑的对象。