Analysis
Macmillan Press
Published on 22. September 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-333-41732-4 (ISBN)
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Series
Edition
1987
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Weight
377 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-41732-4 (9780333417324)
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Content
PART 1 MUSICAL ANALYSIS IN PERSPECTIVE The Place of Analysis in the Study of Music The Nature of Musical Analysis PART 2 HISTORY TO 1900 Early History 1750-1840: Phrase Structure and Formal Model 1840-1900: Organic Growth and the Teaching of Form Historical Awareness in the Nineteenth Century PART 3 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Early Twentieth Century: Reduction Techniques and Personal Style 1920-1945: Tension-Theory and Structural Layers Empiricist Dissent 1945-1960: Linguistics, Cybernetics and Thematic Unity 1960-1975: Set Theory and Computers Since 1975: Grammars of Music PART 4 ANALYTICAL METHOD Introduction Fundamental Structure (Schenker) Thematic Process (R ti) and Functional Analysis (Keller) Formal Analysis Phrase-Structure Analysis (Riemann) Category and Feature Analysis Musical Semiotics (Ruwet and Nattiez) Information Theory Set-theory analysis Glossary by William Drabkin Bibliography