A Guide to Musical Analysis

In this extremely practical introduction to musical analysis, the author explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces, seeking the answers mainly in the formal and harmonic structure of individual compositions.

The text is divided into two parts: part One deals with the most important analytical methods current in the English-speaking world, treating each in turn. They are presented method by method because each one involves a characteristic set of beliefs and it is important to identify those beliefs i order to avoid applying inappropriate techniques that produce irrelevant data. The question of how you decide what method to adopt is addressed in the second part of the book, in which given compositions rather than given analytical methods form the starting point. The analyses in this section are each designed to highlight a different aspect of analytical procedure.

• The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (Expanded Edition)
• Sonata Forms (Revised Edition)
• Introduction to Post-Tonal Theory (3rd Edition)
• Structural Hearing: Tonal Coherence in Music (Dover Books on Music)
• Form in Tonal Music: An Introduction to Analysis, Second Edition
• Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (Episode in the Life of an Artist) (Dover Miniature Music Scores)
• Symphony No. 5 (Dover Miniature Music Scores)
• The Study of Counterpoint: From Johann Joseph Fux's Gradus Ad Parnassum
• Fundamentals of Musical Composition
• Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis