Analyzing Fugue
Analyzing Fugue

Author: William Renwick

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780945193524

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The analytical techniques that Heinrich Schenker developed have become increasingly dominant in the analysis of tonal music, and have provided a rich and powerful means of understanding the complexities of great masterworks of the Western tradition. Schenker's method is based on two cardinal concepts-a hierarchy of tones grouped into structural levels, and a recognition of the importance of strict voice-leading at all structural levels. In Analyzing Fugue-A Schenkerian Approach, author William Renwick utilizes Schenkerian techniques to explore the relationship between imitative counterpoint and voice-leading in fugue. He shows that the art of fugal composition as practiced by masters such as Bach and Handel involves a remarkable degree of systematic structural patterning that is not evident on the surface of the music. Reviews-...Renwick's book offers a penetrating theory of fugue, with telling observations for theorists and composers alike. Heather Platt Notes Sept. 1996...clearly the fruit of deep study and sophisticated knowledge of fugues (particularly those of bach) and the literature about them. ...many will find it a fount of wisdom and knowledge. Lionel Pike, Music and Letters vol. 77 no. 1...consummate and meticulous scholarship. Robert Gauldin, Intégral vol. 9

Explorations in Schenkerian Analysis
Explorations in Schenkerian Analysis

Author: David Beach

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1580465595

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Displays the range and diversity of Schenkerian studies today in fifteen essays covering music from Bach through Debussy and Strauss.

Music Analysis in the Nineteenth Century: Volume 1, Fugue, Form and Style
Music Analysis in the Nineteenth Century: Volume 1, Fugue, Form and Style

Author: Ian Bent

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1994-03-17

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780521259699

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This book demonstrates, in fascinating diversity, how musicians in the nineteenth century thought about and described music. The analysis of music took many forms (verbal, diagrammatic, tabular, notational, graphic), was pursued for many different purposes (educational, scholarly, theoretical, promotional) and embodied very different approaches. This, the first volume, is concerned with writing on fugue, form and questions of style in the music of Palestrina, Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Wagner and presents analyses of complete works or movements by the most significant theorists and critics of the century. The analyses are newly translated into English and are introduced and thoroughly annotated by Ian Bent, making this a volume of enormous importance to our understanding of the nature of music reception in the nineteenth century.

Bach's Works for Solo Violin
Bach's Works for Solo Violin

Author: Joel Lester

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2003-11-27

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0195171446

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J.S. Bach's sonatas and partitas for solo violin have been central to the violin repertoire since the mid-18th century. This engaging introduction to these works is the first comprehensive exploration of their place within Bach's music, focusing on their structural and stylistic features as they have been perceived since their creation. Combining an analytical study, a historical guide, and an insightful introduction to Bach's style, this book will help violinists, scholars, and other listeners develop a deeper personal involvement with many aspects of these wonderful pieces.

Iliffe Analysis of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues
Iliffe Analysis of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues

Author: Frederick Iliffe

Publisher:

Published: 2003-12

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780853602576

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(Music Sales America). A detailed analysis of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues. The object of the present analysis is to place in the hands of students a detailed and exhaustive scheme of every Prelude and Fugue. In the Preludes the mode of procedure has been: 1) To give the figure upon which each Prelude is built; 2) To give the Prelude itself in full and copiously marked, or in a reduced form showing the structure; 3) a 'Summary' of the piece; and lastly, general 'remarks' upon the structure and treatment of the materials. For the Fugues a Tabulated Analysis bar by bar is first given, then a 'summary' and 'remarks' as before.

Hearing Form
Hearing Form

Author: Matthew Santa

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-30

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1000643603

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Hearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score, Third Edition is a complete course package for undergraduate courses on musical forms, with comprehensive coverage from the Baroque to the Romantic. Placing emphasis on listening, it teaches students to analyze music both with and without the use of a score, covering phrase endings and cadences, harmonic sequence types, modulations, formal sections, and musical forms. Hearing Form is supported by an integrated workbook section, its own full-score anthology, and a companion website containing an instructor’s manual, test bank, and audio streaming and downloads of recordings for the pieces in the anthology. Key updates in the third edition include: Treatment of phrases and cadences now allows the book to be used by both instructors who teach that all phrases end with cadences and those who teach that some phrases do not New pieces added to the anthology widen the range of composers represented With an engaging and practical approach informed by recent scholarship, Hearing Form enables students to recognize musical elements both by sight and by ear. This is the Hearing Form textbook only. For the Hearing Form anthology, see ISBN 978-0-367-70388-2. For the textbook and anthology package, see ISBN 978-0-367-70391-2.

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory

Author: Thomas Christensen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-04-20

Total Pages: 1033

ISBN-13: 1316025489

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The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. Recognizing the variety and complexity of music theory as an historical subject, the volume has been organized within a flexible framework. Some chapters are defined chronologically within a restricted historical domain, whilst others are defined conceptually and span longer historical periods. Together the thirty-one chapters present a synthetic overview of the fascinating and complex subject that is historical music theory. Richly enhanced with illustrations, graphics, examples and cross-citations as well as being thoroughly indexed and supplemented by comprehensive bibliographies of the most important primary and secondary literature, this book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.