Explaining tonality : Schenkerian theory and beyond /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Matthew, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2005.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 60.
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Online Access:Table of contents
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 tonality
  • Renaturalizing Schenkerian theory. Schenker and naturalization ; Schenkerian theory as a model of expert functional monotonal composition.