Explaining tonality

Explaining tonality: Schenkerian theory and beyond

by Brown, Matthew

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"Matthew Brown's Explaining Tonality: Schenkerian Theory and Beyond considers a number of disparate ways in which functional tonality has been understood. In particular, it focuses on the comprehensive theory developed by Heinrich Schenker in his monumental three-part treatise Neue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien (1906-35)." "Along the way, the book explores six methodological criteria that help in building, testing, and evaluating a plausible theory of tonality or, indeed, any other musi…

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  • Full title :Explaining tonality : Schenkerian theory and beyond / Matthew Brown.

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"Matthew Brown's Explaining Tonality: Schenkerian Theory and Beyond considers a number of disparate ways in which functional tonality has been understood. In particular, it focuses on the comprehensive theory developed by Heinrich Schenker in his monumental three-part treatise Neue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien (1906-35)."

"Along the way, the book explores six methodological criteria that help in building, testing, and evaluating a plausible theory of tonality or, indeed, any other musical phenomenon: accuracy, scope, fruitfulness, consistency, simplicity, and coherence. It reveals how understanding the tonality of a piece can shed light on other aspects of musical composition. And, in conclusion, it describes some ways in which Schenkerian theory might fruitfully develop in the future."--Jacket.

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  • Publication Date:2005.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xix, 293 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1580461603, 9781580461603
  • oclc:ocm58546235
  • LC Classification:MT6.B87
  • Dewey Decimal:781.2/58

Table of Contents

Schenker and the quest for accuracy. Fux and strict counterpoint ; 'The Heinrich maneuver' ; 'The complementarity principle' -- Semper idem sed non eodem modo. Conceptual origins ; Prototypes ; Transformations ; Levels ; Fallout -- What price consistency? Sequences reconsidered ; Sequences and counterpoint ; Analytical implications -- Schenker and 'the myth of scales'. Modes and scales in traditional theory ; Schenkerian theory and scales ; Schenkerian theory and modal inflections ; Schenkerian theory and exotic inflections ; Schenkerian theory and the emergence of functional tonality -- "Pleasure is the law". The limits of Schenkerian theory ; Debussy, "C'est l'extase langoureuse" ; Debussy, "La mort des amants" ; Schenkerian theory and twentieth-century music -- Renaturalizing Schenkerian theory. naturalizating Schenkerian theory ; Schenkerian theory as a model of expert; Functional monotonal composition.

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Subjects

Analyse schenkérienne Schenkerian analysis Tonalité Tonality

Writers

Brown, Matthew

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