Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis

Thebookbeginswithathoroughcoverageofanumberofelementarymatters.Thismayberegardedeitherasarevieworasareorientationinpreparationforthesystematicpresentationthatfollows.BeginninginPartTwoideasthataremorespecificallySchenkerianaredevelopedandappliedtotheanalysisofshortcompositions.Sincethebookisalsointendedtocoverallofthebasicstandardformithasseemedlogicaltousethisfeatureinorganizingthematerial.Thus,PartTwoendswithlongerformsandPartThreecoversthemainlargeforms(sonata,rondo,andsoon).ThevarioustypesofSchenkerianprolongationsareintroducedgraduallyanddiscussedandillustratedthoroughlyinthetext.Eachchapterendswithasetofexerciseskeyedtothetopicsthathavebeenpresented,andthestudentisgivenpreciseinstructionsforcompletingtheexercisesaswellasoccasionalhintsaboutpitfallsandspecialproblemsthattheycontain.