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- Publisher: W.W.Norton & Company (1982)
- ISBN-10: 0393951928
- ISBN-13: 978-0393951929
- ASIN: B004IIZ6R2
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book guides the musician through Schenker's thinking in a clear, concise, and helpful manner. It is an essential textbook for anyone studying Schenker, as it covers the basic reductions admirably. Many undergraduate and postgraduate music students will undoubtedly be advised to use this book as a core text.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Best when used by a great teacher
19 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
Forte's "Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis" is most effective when used by a good teacher. After all, this is a textbook and not a novel. I feel that some of the reviewers of this book are comparing Forte to Ernest Hemingway, or Robert Frost. Writings on music theory are extremely technical; they are almost never going to be eloquent or poetic. Sometimes things are difficult to understand. THAT'S WHY PROFESSORS EARN $90,000 PER YEAR.
This book contains several examples from the tonal literature that define, explain, and illuminate the principles associated with Schenkerian theory in a candid, matter-of-fact way. I recommend this book for anyone interested in music theory.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Intro to Schenker
23 Oct 2000
Format:Paperback
I've been looking for a book like this for a long time. I'm using it for self-study of Schenker's theories. I find Schenkers own works to assume that one already understands a lot about his theories. This book starts from the beginning, and leads you through some very complex and worthwhile ideas. I think any serious musician not acquainted with Schenker and interested in more than a superficial understanding of his thought could greatly benefit from reading this book (and working through the exercises).
Excellent - Used in my compositional education
13 Jan 2012
Having been taught this theory by Dr. Steven E. Gilbert at Fresno State (California) in 1984 through 1988, I used this book extensively for 4 years to build a comprehensive underpinning to my compositional technic beyond what I learned from modal up thru 12 Tone Analysis. A must have book from a very witty, incredibly agile & logial debating speaker, musician and eminent Musicology Professor, writer, critic whom I miss dearly since his death. Along with Allen Forte they both were able to express Shenker's methodolgy where Schenker had not written it down for us. "Forte and Gilbert set out explicitly to fill that gap and their Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis, published in 1983" --1. (below). He also used this thory with his work on the melodies of George Gershwin with his book, The Music of Gershwin (Yale University Press, 1995) - also available here http://www.amazon.com/Music-Gershwin-Composers-Twentieth-Century/dp/0300062338.
1. "He was working on a book that applied his Schenkerian methodology to rock and pop music, based on one of his courses of lectures at California State University, Fresno, where he had taught since 1982. The manuscript may be far enough advanced to allow eventual publication. An interim tombeau appeared from OUP this spring: a collection of essays on Gershwin, with a chapter from Steve Gilbert."
--Martin Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Gershwin-Style-Looks-Music-George/dp/0195090209
Michael Leary (2012)
1. "He was working on a book that applied his Schenkerian methodology to rock and pop music, based on one of his courses of lectures at California State University, Fresno, where he had taught since 1982. The manuscript may be far enough advanced to allow eventual publication. An interim tombeau appeared from OUP this spring: a collection of essays on Gershwin, with a chapter from Steve Gilbert."
--Martin Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Gershwin-Style-Looks-Music-George/dp/0195090209
Michael Leary (2012)
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