Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach (Workbook) - Softcover

Cadwallader, Allen; Gagne, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199732485 ISBN 13: 9780199732487

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This thoroughly revised Student Workbook complements the third edition of Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach and guides students systematically through the process of analysis.

FEATURES

* Contains forty-one assignments with well-known pieces from the tonal repertory
* Presents exercises on basic priniciples, helping to reinforce material for students who have had no previous exposure to Schenkerian analysis
* Adds seventeen new assignments, offering additional practice in working with structural melody and the imaginary continuo, recognizing harmonic function, and class, and distinguishing between "chord" and "harmony" (Stufe)

About this title

About the Author

Allen Cadwallader is Professor of Music Theory at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. He is the editor of Essays from the Fourth International Schenker Symposium, Volume 1 (2008) and Trends in Schenkerian Research (1990). His articles have appeared in Music Theory Spectrum, Music Analysis, Intégral, Theory and Practice, and Journal of Music Theory.

David Gagné is Associate Professor of Music Theory at Queens College, City University of New York. He is the coeditor of Structure and Meaning in Tonal Music: Festschrift in Honor of Carl Schachter (2006). His articles and reviews have appeared in journals and books including The Music Forum, Music Theory Spectrum, Indiana Theory Review, Intégral, Schenker Studies 2, and Trends in Schenkerian Research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199732485
• ISBN 13: 9780199732487
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 144