Graphic Music Analysis (eBook)

Eric Wen is recognized as one of today’s preeminent experts in Schenkerian analysis. He has published numerous academic articles, and presented papers at many universities and conferences, including all five International Schenker Symposiums. A member of the faculty at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia since 1999, Wen has also taught in the doctoral program at The Graduate Center (CUNY), as well as at the Juilliard School and Mannes College of Music in New York. Before then he taught at the University of London, as well as the Guildhall School and Royal Academy of Music in London, where he also served as editor of The Strad magazine and The Musical Times.

Section 1 – Graphic Music AnalysisChapter 1: Highlighting Notes and Making Connections between ThemChapter 2: FigurationChapter 3: The Linear ProgressionChapter 4: The 5–6 successionChapter 5: Structural LevelsChapter 6: The Introduction to Mozart’s “Dissonance” QuartetSection 2 – Semper idem, sed non eodem modoChapter 7: The Fundamental Structure (Ursatz)Chapter 8: Urlinie Descents from 3Chapter 9: Urlinie Descents from 5Section 3 – Techniques of Elaborating the UrsatzChapter 10: SubstitutionChapter 11: Delaying the Initial Tone of the UrlinieChapter 12: Boundary Play and the Obligatory RegisterChapter 13: Sequences Chapter 14: Non-Structural HarmoniesChapter 15: Implied TonesChapter 16: MixtureChapter 17: Relocating the Urlinie Chapter 18: The Phrygian 2Chapter 19: The Auxiliary CadenceChapter 20: Non-Tonic ExpansionsSection 4 – Tonal Structure and Musical FormChapter 21: The Parallel Period (A A´)Chapter 22: Variants of the Parallel PeriodChapter 23: A B A FormChapter 24: A B A' Form (with simple A)Chapter 25: A B A' Form (with compound A) Chapter 26: Sonata Form in the Major ModeChapter 27: Sonata Form in the Minor ModeEpilogue