Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach (Paperback)

Allen Cadwallader

ISBN 10: 0190846674 / ISBN 13: 9780190846671

Published by Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, 2019

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Paperback. This highly anticipated new edition of Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach uses specific, memorable compositions to explain structural principles. This approach teaches students how to think about, critically examine, understand, and perform great compositions of Western art music. Part 1 covers principles fundamental to the study of Schenkerian analysis, while Part 2 presents complete compositions by formal category. New to this edition, A thoroughly revised and updated Student Workbook incorporating work by new coauthor Karen M. Bottge offers students clearer instructions and exercises that are more closely tied to the text. The Workbook is available for separate purchase (978-0-19-0846688) or in money-saving bundles with the text. Please contact your Oxford University Press sales representative or call 800.280.0280 for details. New examples in Part 1 clarify bass-line structures and the role of the imaginary continue in the analytical process, New examples in Part 2 expand coverage of one-part forms, binary forms, and the sonata principle, Several new pieces-including a Brahms Waltz, a Prelude by Bach, and an early sonata movement by Haydn-provide instructors with greater flexibility Book jacket. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach (Paperback)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190846674
• ISBN 13: 9780190846671
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

In this highly anticipated new edition of Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach, authors Allen Cadwallader, David Gagné, and Frank Samarotto use specific, memorable compositions to explain structural principles. This approach teaches students how to think about, critically examine, understand, and perform great compositions of Western art music.

Part 1 covers principles fundamental to the study of Schenkerian analysis and includes discussions of melody, counterpoint, bass-line structures, the imaginary continuo, linear techniques, and the essential properties of the Ursatz (fundamental structure). Part 2 presents complete compositions by formal category, beginning with one-part forms; proceeding through binary, ternary, and rondo forms; and concluding with the sonata principle. The book includes more than 200 analytical graphs, an appendix on graphic notation, and a bibliography.

About the Author

Allen Cadwallader is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

David Gagné is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory at Queens College, City University of New York.

Frank Samarotto is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.