Unfoldings : essays in Schenkerian theory and analysis / Carl Schachter ; edited by Joseph N. Straus.

Author/creator Schachter, Carl
Other author Straus, Joseph Nathan.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Descriptionvi, 294 pages : music ; 24 cm
Subjects
Schenkerian analysis.

Contents A preliminary study -- Durational reduction -- Aspects of meter -- Either/or -- Analysis by key: another look at modulation -- The triad as place and action -- A commentary on Schenker's Free composition -- Motive and text in four Schubert songs -- The adventures of an F♯: tonal narration and exhortation in Donna Anna's first-act recitative and aria -- Bach's fugue in B[flat sign] major, Well-tempered clavier, Book I, No. 21 -- Chopin's fantasy, Op. 49: the two-key scheme.
Abstract Carl Schachter is, by common consent, one of the world's preeminent music theorists. He is surely the foremost practitioner of the Schenkerian approach to the music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which focuses on the linear organization of music and frequently dominates discussions of the standard repertoire in university courses and professional journals. Schachter's articles have thus appeared in a variety of periodicals, including some that are obscure or hard to obtain. This volume gathers some of his finest essays, including those on rhythm in tonal music, Schenkerian theory, and text setting, as well as a pair of analytical monographs, on Bach's Fugue in B-flat major from Volume 1 of the Well-Tempered Clavier and Chopin's Fantasy, Op. 49.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 97047308
ISBN0195120132 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0195125908 (pbk.)

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