6 The Twilight of the Masters: Schenker’s Reinterpretation of the Classical Concept of Harmony

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. Preface xi
5. Note on Online Material xxvii
6. Part I. Harmonielehre
7. 1 The Eclectic Intellectual Methodology of Schenker’s Theory of Harmony (1906) 1
8. 2 The Music-Theoretical Content of Schenker’s Theory of Harmony (1906) and the Status of Harmony in His Later Work 83
9. Part Two Harmonielehre: The Past
10. 3 Schenker’s Theory of Harmony (1906) in Historical Perspective: The Theory of Harmony from the Ancient Greeks to the Early Nineteenth Century 174
11. 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 244
12. Part Three Harmonielehre: The Future
13. 5 A “New Edition” for a New Audience and an “American Version” for a New Country: Problems of Editing and Translating Harmonielehre (1906) 307
14. 6 The Twilight of the Masters: Schenker’s Reinterpretation of the Classical Concept of Harmony 373
15. Appendix A: “The Path to Likeness.” OC/83, 2–43 394
16. Appendix B: “[Foundations of Tonal Systems.]” OC/31, 360–417 421
17. Bibliography 450
18. Index 471