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Schenkerian theory and beyond

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"Explaining tonality" was published by University of Rochester Press in 2005 - Rochester, NY, it has 293 pages and the language of the book is English.


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  • Title: Explaining tonality
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  • Language: English
  • Number of Pages: 293
  • Publisher: University of Rochester Press
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  • Publish Location: Rochester, NY

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"Explaining tonality" Table Of Contents:

  • 1- Schenker and the quest for accuracy. Fux and strict counterpoint ; 'The Heinrich maneuver' ; 'The complementarity principle'
  • 2- Semper idem sed non eodem modo. Conceptual origins ; Prototypes ; Transformations ; Levels ; Fallout
  • 3- What price consistency? Sequences reconsidered ; Sequences and counterpoint ; Analytical implications
  • 4- 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
  • 5- "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
  • 6- Renaturalizing Schenkerian theory. Naturalizating Schenker theory ; Schenkerian theory as a model of expert functional monotonal composition.

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