"Understanding Post-Tonal Music is a student-centered textbook that explores the compositional and musical processes of twentieth-century post-tonal music. Intended for undergraduate or general graduate courses on the theory and analysis of twentieth-century music, this book wil…
Frontcover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Beethoven and the Background to Key Symbolism -- 2 Beethoven and Meaning in Primary Keys -- 3 Beethoven and Meaning in Secondary Keys -- 4 Songs and the Affective Implications of Primary Tonality -- 5 Songs Containing Signif…
Building on the remarkable correlation between key and tonal affect found in his vocal music, this book establishes an understanding of the way in which Beethoven uses tonality affectively. Following an Introduction that outlines a justification for revisiting the concept of mea…
Building on the remarkable correlation between key and tonal affect found in his vocal music, this book establishes an understanding of the way in which Beethoven uses tonality affectively. Following an Introduction that outlines a justification for revisiting the concept of mea…
Building on the remarkable correlation between key and tonal affect found in his vocal music, this book establishes an understanding of the way in which Beethoven uses tonality affectively. Following an Introduction that outlines a justification for revisiting the concept of mea…