Schenker Studies 2

Second volume of studies based on the work of Heinrich Schenker.

Carl Schachter (Edited by), Hedi Siegel (Edited by)

9780521028325, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2006

336 pages, 10 b/w illus. 3 tables 134 music examples
24.5 x 19 x 1.8 cm, 0.607 kg

"As a whole, Schenker Studies 2 does a commendable job of interpreting certain difficult aspects of Schenker's theory that routinely draw sharp criticism." Journal of the Music Theory Society of New York State

The second volume of studies based on the work of Heinrich Schenker, now recognised as the twenty-first century's most influential figure in the areas of music theory and analysis. The first section of the book contains three archival studies that derive from the contents of Schenker's Nachlass, recently made available to scholars. Schenker's unpublished papers also supplement several of the analytical studies in the second, larger section of the book. Eleven essays fall into four groups: studies in the Classic and Romantic repertory, studies in twentieth-century music, rhythmic studies and studies in the theory of Schenker's fundamental analytical constructs, the Urline and the Ursatz.

Abbreviated references to Schenker's writings
Preface
Part I. Archival Studies: 1. Levels of understanding: an introduction to Schenker's Nachlass Robert Kosovsky
2. When 'Freier Satz' was part of Kontrapunkt: a preliminary report Hedi Siegel
3. Schenker's unpublished work with the music of Johannes Brahms Allen Cadwallader and William Pastille
Part II. Analytical Studies: 4. C. P. E. Bach and the fine art of transposition Wayne Petty
5. Comedy and structure in Haydn's symphonies L. Poundie Burstein
6.'Symphonic breadth': structural style in Mozart's symphonies David Gagné
7. 'Structural momentum' and closure in Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 John Rink
8. On the first movement of Sibelius's Fourth Symphony: a Schenkerian view Edward Laufer
9. Voice leading as drama in Wozzeck Arthur Maisel
10. Sequential expansion and Handelian phrase rhythm Channan Willner
11. Strange dimensions: regularity and irregularity in deep levels of rhythmic reduction Frank Samarotto
12. Diachronic transformation in a Schenkerian context: Brahms's Haydn Variations Timothy Jackson
13. Bass-line articulations of the Urlinie Eric Wen
14. Structure as foreground: 'das Drama des Ursatzes' Carl Schachter
Index.

Subject Areas: Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups [AVH]