Heather Platt

Analyzing Fugue: A Schenkerian Approach

The analytical techniques that Heinrich Schenker developed have become increasingly dominant in the analysis of tonal music, and have provided a rich and powerful means of understanding the complexities of great masterworks of the Western tradition. Schenkers method is based on two cardinal concepts - a hierarchy of tones grouped into structural levels, and a recognition of the importance of strict voice-leading at all structural levels. In Analyzing Fugue - A Schenkerian Approach, author William Renwick utilises Schenkerian techniques to explore the relationship between imitative counterpoint and voice-leading in fugue. He shows that the art of fugal composition as practiced by masters such as Bach and Handel involves a remarkable degree of systematic structural patterning that is not evident on the surface of the music.

Brahms: The Vocal Music@@@A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms

Preface Brahms as Song Composer Six Gesange for Tenor or Soprano Six Gesange for Soprano or Tenor Six Gesange Lieder and Romanzen Five Gedichte Lieder and Gesange to Texts by Platen and Daumer Romanzen from Tiecks aeMageloneAe Fopur Gesange Four Gesange Five Lieder Seven Lieder Five Lieder Lieder and Gesange to Texts by G. F. Daumer Eight Lieder and Gesange Eight Lieder and Gesange Nine Lieder and Gesange Nine Gesange Four Gesange Five Gesange Five Gesange Five Romanzen and Lieder for One or Two Voices Six Lieder Six Lieder for Low Voice Two Gesange for Alto Voice with Viola Five Lieder for Low Voice Seven Lieder Four Lieder Six Lieder Eight Zigeunerlieder for Solo Voice Five Lieder for Low Voice Five Lieder Five Lieder Four Ernste Gesange Mondnacht, Wo0 21 Regenlied, Wo0 posth. 23 Poets and Translators Settings of Folksong Texts Selected Bibliography Index of Titles and First Lines