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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.
List of contents
Introduction
PART I:
HARMONIELEHREThe 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.
About the author
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.
