Synopses & Reviews
Second volume of studies based on the work of Heinrich Schenker.
Synopsis
The second volume of studies based on the work of Heinrich Schenker (1868 1935), now recognised as the twenty-first centuryâs most influential figure in the areas of music theory and analysis. The book contains historical studies deriving from Schenkerâs unpublished papers, and analytical studies of music from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.
Table of Contents
Abbreviated references to Schenkerâs writings; Preface; Part I. Archival Studies: 1. Levels of understanding: an introduction to Schenkerâs Nachlass Robert Kosovsky; 2. When âFreier Satzâwas part of Kontrapunkt: a preliminary report Hedi Siegel; 3. Schenkerâs unpublished work with the music of Johannes Brahms Allen Cadwallader and William Pastille; Part II. Analytical Studies: 4. C. P. E. Bach and the fine art of transposition Wayne Petty; 5. Comedy and structure in Haydnâs symphonies L. Poundie Burstein; 6.âSymphonic breadthâ: structural style in Mozartâs symphonies David Gagné; 7. âStructural momentumâand closure in Chopinâs Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 John Rink; 8. On the first movement of Sibeliusâs Fourth Symphony: a Schenkerian view Edward Laufer; 9. Voice leading as drama in Wozzeck Arthur Maisel; 10. Sequential expansion and Handelian phrase rhythm Channan Willner; 11. Strange dimensions: regularity and irregularity in deep levels of rhythmic reduction Frank Samarotto; 12. Diachronic transformation in a Schenkerian context: Brahmsâs Haydn Variations Timothy Jackson; 13. Bass-line articulations of the Urlinie Eric Wen; 14. Structure as foreground: âdas Drama des UrsatzesâCarl Schachter; Index.