Beschreibung
The book offers a criticism of Schenkerian theory and analytic practice. Contrary to what is held, is it really valuable when it comes to musical description and interpretation? What about its relationships to other kinds of analysis, and to linguistic syntax and music cognition?
Autorenportrait
Bengt Edlund, trained as a pianist, has been active as a music critic, and as lecturer at the Department of Musicology, University of Lund, where he was appointed Professor in 2000. His main fields of interest are music theory and analysis, music cognition and aesthetics, and musical interpretation.
Inhalt
Contents: Criticism of Schenkerian theory and analytic practice – Alternative readings – Musical interpretation – Generative theory – Implicational analysis – Linguistic syntax – Tonal closure – Auxiliary concepts.
