Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach

Professor Emeritus of Music Theory Allen Cadwallader, Professor Emeritus of Music Theory David Gagne, Associate Professor of Music Theory Frank Samarotto

ISBN 10: 0190846674 / ISBN 13: 9780190846671

Published by Oxford University Press, USA 2019-07-15, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 2019-07-15
• 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.