PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Krejčí, Filip
TI  - Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Take a Pebble (1970) - Thematic and Motivic Structure, Hints of Monothematic Sonata Form
DP  - 2018 Dec 11
TA  - Musicologica Olomucensia
PG  - 120--142
VI  - 28
IP  - 2
AID - 10.5507/mo.2018.025
IS  - 27879186
AB  - The subject of this analysis is the musical material of the progressive rock area, specifically the Take a Pebble song by the British band Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970). The analysis focuses on motivic and thematic coherence and the overall musical form, but also deals with substantial correlations in the field of instrumentation, harmony, rhythm, melody as well as dynamic aspect, the program content of the composition (the lyrics), interpretation style and other contexts.