Materials and Techniques of Post-Tonal Music, Fifth Edition provides the most
comprehensive introduction to post-tonal music and its analysis available. Covering music …

Tonal ambiguity in Aaron Copland's Quiet City, a feature frequently noted by critics, results
from a radical reorganization of the constituent elements of tonality. Many sections of the …

In the musicological discourse," closure" can refer to a variety of musical phenomena, but
the language describing closure usually involves at least one of two common metaphors …

This study examines aspects of harmony and voice leading in select fugues by JS Bach and
Dmitri Shostakovich from a Schenkerian perspective. Chapter 1 sets the stage for the entire …

This dissertation presents a methodology for hearing closing progressions in neo-tonal
music; that is, music from the first part of the twentieth century that expands the tonal system …

While making connections to pre-existing knowledge is crucial to student learning, fostering
such connections in a post-tonal theory classroom can be difficult. This article proposes a …

This study sought to identify the harmonic implications of the non-harmonic tones in the four-
part chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach and to identify if the implications were modern …

In this comprehensive study of Olivier Messiaen's magnum opus, Saint François d'Assise,
Vincent Perez Benitez examines the opera from both theological and musical-analytical …

This study explores tonal states in the music of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) by
examining harmony and voice leading from a Schenkerian perspective. Chapter 1 examines …

Paney and Buonviri report that high school theory teachers struggle to get adequate results
on the rhythmic aspect of melodic dictations, quoting one instructor who observes that …