The Piece as a Whole

HUGH AITKEN recently retired as Professor of Music at The William Paterson College of New Jersey. He studied composition at The Juilliard School and taught there from 1950 to 1970. He is the composer of over eighty works. His publishers include Oxford University Press, Theodore Presser Co., and ECS Music.

Preface Introduction Chopin: Prelude No. 7 in A Major The Split Fifth: A Cautionary Tale Chopin: Prelude No. 4 in E Minor Meaning in Music Some Mozart Excerpts Beethoven: Fifth Symphony Three Beethoven Excerpts Aesthetics: Aesthetics Meets Ethics Two Schumann Songs and a Bit of Brahms J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun The Analysis of Twentieth-Century Music Suggestions for Further Reading Index