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This is a study in the analysis of tonal music. Focusing on the listener's experience, author Steven Rings employs transformational music theory to illuminate diverse aspects of tonal hearing - from the infusion of sounding pitches with familiar tonal qualities to sensations of directedness and attraction.
Pt. 1. Theory and methodology. Intervals, transformations, and tonal analysis -- A tonal GIS -- Oriented networks -- pt. 2. Analytical essays. Bach, Fugue in E major, Well-tempered clavier, Book II, BWV 878 -- Mozart, Un'aura amorosa, from Così fan tutte -- Brahms, Intermezzo in A major, op. 118, no. 2 -- Brahms, String quintet in G major, mvt. ii, Adagio.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011