The Art of Tonal Analysis

Carl Schachter is an extraordinary musician and musical thinker, and the world's leading practitioner of Schenkerian theory and analysis. He has written extensively on the masterworks of the tonal common practice and on the analytical delights and challenges that they present. Although his articles and books have been broadly influential, and are seen by many as models of musical insight and lucid prose, 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. Joseph N. Straus has published widely on topics in modernist music and post-tonal music theory. He is a former President of the Society for Music Theory.

Prelude Editor's Preface

Lesson One: Linear Progressions and Neighbor Notes
Lesson Two: J.S. Bach, Menuet in C minor from French Suite No. 2 and Chopin, Etude, Op. 10, No. 12
Lesson Three: Chopin, G#-minor and E-major Preludes from Op. 28
Lesson Four: Schubert, Sonata in Bb major, Scherzo
Lesson Five: Handel, Suite No. 8 for Harpsichord, Courante
Lesson Six: J.S. Bach, Gavotte en Rondeaux from Violin Partita No. 3 in E major
Lesson Seven: Mozart, Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 481, Adagio
Lesson Eight: Beethoven, String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 6, first movement
Lesson Nin: Beethoven, String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 6, fourth movement
("La Malinconia")
Lesson Ten: Rhythm, Hypermeter, and Phrase
Lesson Eleven: Haydn, Symphony No. 99, Adagio
Lesson Twelve: Beethoven, Piano Sonata, Op. 53 ("Waldstein"), first movement

Postlude. Q and A
Glossary
Works Cited
Index