Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony

by Robert W Wason, Matthew Brown, Robert W. Wason, et al.

The first detailed study of Schenker's pathbreaking 1906 treatise, showing how it reflected 2500 years of thinking about harmony and presented a vigorous reaction to Austro-Germanic music theory ca. 1900.

What makes the compositions of Handel, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, and Brahms stand out as great works of art? Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935) set out to answer this question in a series of treatises, beginning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580465757
• ISBN13: 9781580465755
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"