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Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony

English · Hardback

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The first detailed study of Schenker's pathbreaking 1906 treatise, showing how it reflected 2500 years of thinking about harmony and presented a vigorous reaction to Austro-Germanic music theory ca. 1900.

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Introduction
PART I: HARMONIELEHRE
The Eclectic Intellectual Methodology of Schenker's Theory of Harmony (1906)
The Music-Theoretical Content of Schenker's Theory of Harmony (1906), and the Status of Harmony in his Later Work
PART II: HARMONIELEHRE: The Past
Schenker's Theory of Harmony (1906) in Historical Perspective: The Theory of Harmony from the Ancient Greeks to the Early Nineteenth Century
Sources of Schenker's Intellectual Methodology in 1906: The Conflict Between the Human and Natural Sciences in Schenker's Education, Music Theory in the Later Nineteenth Century, and His Reaction to Both
PART III: HARMONIELEHRE: The Future
A "New Edition" for a New Audience and an "American Version" for a New Country: Problems of Editing and Translating Harmonielehre (1906)
The Twilight of the Masters: Schenker's Reinterpretation of the Classical Concept of Harmony
Appendix A:"The Path to Likeness." Introduction and Translation of OC 83/2-43 by Robert Wason
Appendix B: "[Foundations of Tonal Systems.]" Introduction and Translation of OC 31/360-417 by Robert Wason.

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Robert W. Wason is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and Affiliate Faculty in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music.

Summary

The first detailed study of Schenker's pathbreaking 1906 treatise, showing how it reflected 2500 years of thinking about harmony and presented a vigorous reaction to Austro-Germanic music theory ca. 1900.

Product details

Authors Matthew Brown, Matthew (Royalty Account) Brown, Robert W. Wason, Robert W. (Royalty Account) Wason
Publisher Univ Of Rochester Pr
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.06.2020
 
EAN 9781580465755
ISBN 978-1-58046-575-5
No. of pages 522
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 29 mm
Weight 862 g
Series Eastman Studies in Music
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries

Musikgeschichte, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, Music / Songbooks

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