Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index.
Contents:
Beethoven, Piano sonata, Op. 53 ("Waldstein"), first movement. J.S. Bach, Menuet in C minor from French suite no. 2 and Chopin, Etude, Op. 10, no. 12 -- Chopin, G♯-minor and E-major preludes from Op. 28 -- Schubert, Sonata in B♭ major, Scherzo -- Handel, Suite no. 8 for harpsichord, Courante -- J.S. Bach, Gavotte en rondeaux from Violin partita no. 3 in E major -- Mozart, Sonata for violin and piano, K. 481, Adagio -- Beethoven, String quartet, Op. 18, no. 6, first movement -- Beethoven, String quartet, op. 18, No. 6, fourth movement ("La malinconia") -- Rhythm, hypermeter, and phrase -- Haydn, Symphony no. 99, Adagio -- Beethoven, Piano sonata, Op. 53 ("Waldstein"), first movement.
Summary:
Carl Schachter is the world's leading practitioner of Schenkerian theory and analysis. His articles and books have been broadly influential, and are seen by many as models of musical insight and lucid prose. Yet, perhaps his greatest impact has been felt in the classroom. At the Mannes College of Music, the Juilliard School of Music, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and at special pedagogical events around the world, he has taught generations of musical performers, composers, historians, and theorists over the course of his long career. In Fall 2012, Schachter taught a doctoral seminar at the CUNY Graduate Center in which he talked about the music and the musical issues that have concerned him most deeply; the course was in essence a summation of his extensive and renowned teaching. In The Art of Tonal Analysis, music theorist Joseph Straus presents edited transcripts of those lectures. Accompanied by abundant music examples, including analytical examples transcribed from the classroom blackboard, Straus's own visualizations of material that Schachter presented aurally at the piano, and Schachter's own extended Schenkerian graphs and sketches, this book offers a vivid account of Schachter's masterful pedagogy and his deep insight into the central works of the tonal canon. In making the lectures of one of the world's most extraordinary musicians and musical thinkers available to a wide audience, The Art of Tonal Analysis is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of music [Publisher description].
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.