Tonal Music : Twelve Analytic Studies / / Jeffrey Kresky.

• Author: Kresky, Jeffrey, 1948-
• Place / Publishing House: Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 1977.; ©1977.
• Year of Publication: 1977
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 167 pages) :; illustrations

A frequent approach to musical analysis is to consider one term or concept at a time, illustrating it with fragments of several compositions. But the format of this original and lucidly written book features entire tonal compositions, one per chapter, analyzed on several levels simultaneously. The author builds up from very simple musical forms, skillfully leading the reader through a measure-by-measure, indeed often beat-by-beat or note-by-note, analysis. The pieces span the period from Corelli to Debussy and hence illus-trate both the flexibility and the historical development of the tonal system. A concluding essay projects this development into the twentieth century, with implications for the analysis of nontonal music. The music discussed in five of the twelve chapters is supplied; the rest of the compositions are standard works.

Table of Contents

Analysis of a typical tonal progression -- Analysis of a theme from a Haydn symphony -- Analysis of a complete melody by Corelli -- Analysis of Chopin : Prelude in E minor, opus 28, no. 4 -- Analysis of Bach : Two-part invention in D minor -- Analysis of a Schubert song -- Analysis of Chopin : Mazurka in F, opus 68, no. 3 (Posth.) -- Analysis of Beethoven : Piano sonata in C minor, opus 13 ("Pathetique"), second movement -- Analysis of Mozart : Piano sonata in G, K. 283, first movement -- Analysis of Brahms : Intermezzo, opus 76, no. 7 for piano -- A study of the end of Act I of Wagner's Die Walküre -- Analysis of Debussy : Prelude VIII for piano (Book I).