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Book SynopsisThere have been far-reaching changes in the way that music theorists and analysts view their discipline. Without seeking to impose an explicit redefinition of either analysis or theory, the contributors explore the limits of both. Essays on the language of analysis and theory combine with studies of works by Debussy, Schoenberg, Birtwistle and Boulez.
Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Part I. Languages: 1. Metaphor in Roger Scruton's aesthetics of music Naomi Cumming; 2. Competing myths: the American abandonment of Schenker's organicism Robert Snarrenberg; 3. Rehabilitating the incorrigible Marion A. Guck; Part II. Decisions: 4. Criteria of correctness in music theory and analysis Jonathan Dunsby; 5. Ambiguity in tonal music: a preliminary study Kofi Agawu; 6. Systems and strategies: functions and limits of analysis Anthony Pople; Part III. Texts: 7. Debussy's significant connections: metaphor and metonymy in analytical method Craig Ayrey; 8. Music as text: Mahler, Schumann and issues in analysis Robert Samuels; 9. The obbligato recitative: narrative and Schoenberg's Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 Alan Street; 10. Music theory and the challenge of modern music: Birtwistle's Refrains and Choruses Jonathan Cross; 11. Répons: phantasmagoria or the articulation of space? Alastair Williams; Bibliography; Index.
