Schenker Studies 2: (Cambridge Composer Studies)

The second volume of studies based on the work of Heinrich Schenker, now recognised as the twenty-first century's most influential figure in the areas of music theory and analysis. The first section of the book contains three archival studies that derive from the contents of Schenker's Nachlass, recently made available to scholars. Schenker's unpublished papers also supplement several of the analytical studies in the second, larger section of the book. Eleven essays fall into four groups: studies in the Classic and Romantic repertory, studies in twentieth-century music, rhythmic studies and studies in the theory of Schenker's fundamental analytical constructs, the Urline and the Ursatz.

Table of Contents:
Abbreviated references to Schenker's writings; Preface; Part I. Archival Studies: 1. Levels of understanding: an introduction to Schenker's Nachlass Robert Kosovsky; 2. When 'Freier Satz' was part of Kontrapunkt: a preliminary report Hedi Siegel; 3. Schenker's unpublished work with the music of Johannes Brahms Allen Cadwallader and William Pastille; Part II. Analytical Studies: 4. C. P. E. Bach and the fine art of transposition Wayne Petty; 5. Comedy and structure in Haydn's symphonies L. Poundie Burstein; 6.'Symphonic breadth': structural style in Mozart's symphonies David Gagné; 7. 'Structural momentum' and closure in Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 John Rink; 8. On the first movement of Sibelius's Fourth Symphony: a Schenkerian view Edward Laufer; 9. Voice leading as drama in Wozzeck Arthur Maisel; 10. Sequential expansion and Handelian phrase rhythm Channan Willner; 11. Strange dimensions: regularity and irregularity in deep levels of rhythmic reduction Frank Samarotto; 12. Diachronic transformation in a Schenkerian context: Brahms's Haydn Variations Timothy Jackson; 13. Bass-line articulations of the Urlinie Eric Wen; 14. Structure as foreground: 'das Drama des Ursatzes' Carl Schachter; Index.

Review :
"Because of its comprehensive nature and the quality of its articles, this second installment of Schenker Studies is perhaps the best book now available for surveying the most recent trends in Schenkerian analysis, and it can be used for that purpose either in a classroom setting or by individual readers." Notes "As a whole, Schenker Studies 2 does a commendable job of interpreting certain difficult aspects of Schenker's theory that routinely draw sharp criticism." Journal of the Music Theory Society of New York State