Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony

Robert W. Wason; Matthew Brown

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Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony

Robert W. Wason and Matthew Brown

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2020

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Volume 163 | Eastman Studies in Music

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The first detailed study of Schenker's pathbreaking 1906 treatise, showing how it reflected 2500 years of thinking about harmony and presented a vigorous reaction to Austro-Germanic music theory ca. 1900.

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Wason Robert W. :

Robert W. Wason is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and Affiliate Faculty in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music.Brown Matthew :

Matthew Brown is Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music.

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Music Music, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Note on Online Material Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Part I. Harmonielehre
1 The Eclectic Intellectual Methodology of Schenker’s Theory of Harmony (1906) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The Music-Theoretical Content of Schenker’s Theory of Harmony (1906) and the Status of Harmony in His Later Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Part Two Harmonielehre: The Past
3 Schenker’s Theory of Harmony (1906) in Historical Perspective: The Theory of Harmony from the Ancient Greeks to the Early Nineteenth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
4 Sources of Schenker’s Intellectual Methodology in 1906: The Conflict between the Human and Natural Sciences in Schenker’s Education, Music Theory in the Later Nineteenth Century, and His Reaction to Both Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
Part Three Harmonielehre: The Future
5 A “New Edition” for a New Audience and an “American Version” for a New Country: Problems of Editing and Translating Harmonielehre (1906) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
6 The Twilight of the Masters: Schenker’s Reinterpretation of the Classical Concept of Harmony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Appendix A: “The Path to Likeness.” OC/83, 2–43 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	394
Appendix B: “[Foundations of Tonal Systems.]” OC/31, 360–417 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	450
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471

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June 20, 2020

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9781787446694

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University of Rochester Press

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522

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30 b/w illus.

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787446694

eBook ISBN: 9781787446694

Keywords for this book

Heinrich Schenker; harmony; music theory; composition; Austro-Germanic music theory; motivic components; rhythmic components; musical analysis; music structure; counterpoint; tonal elements

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Professional and scholarly;

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