Intro to Schenkerian Analysis – Form & Content in Tonal Music: Form and Content in Tonal Music - Softcover

Forte, Allen; Gilbert, Steven

 
9780393951929: Intro to Schenkerian Analysis – Form & Content in Tonal Music: Form and Content in Tonal Music
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393951928 ISBN 13: 9780393951929
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1983

Synopsis

The book begins with a thorough coverage of a number of elementary matters. This may be regarded either as a review or as a reorientation in preparation for the systematic presentation that follows.

Beginning in Part Two ideas that are more specifically Schenkerian are developed and applied to the analysis of short compositions. Since the book is also intended to cover all of the basic standard form it has seemed logical to use this feature in organizing the material. Thus, Part Two ends with longer forms and Part Three covers the main large forms (sonata, rondo, and so on). The various types of Schenkerian prolongations are introduced gradually and discussed and illustrated thoroughly in the text.

Each chapter ends with a set of exercises keyed to the topics that have been presented, and the student is given precise instructions for completing the exercises as well as occasional hints about pitfalls and special problems that they contain.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
1983
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0393951928
ISBN 13 
9780393951929
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
416