wrote 1 year ago: Last time we discussed notes, the atomic units of musical structure. The topic of today’s inst … more →
wrote 1 year ago: From Unfoldings: Essays in Schenkerian Theory and Analysis, p.4, emphasis mine: [Joseph N. Straus]: … more →
wrote 1 year ago: As you might expect, the demise of the IMSLP has put something of a damper on my grandiose plans of … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I have discovered a very interesting blog called The truth makes me fret. What’s so interestin … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Scott Spiegelberg has taken up my challenge! So now, it’s time to roll up our sleeves for the … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I would have thought that my vigorous theoretical attacks on the venerated notions of “root pr … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Michael Monroe has weighed in on a recent post, raising some important issues. In this post I attemp … more →
wrote 2 years ago: In response to my last post, commenter Matthew writes: In that sense, “harmony” is useful for predic … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Regular readers know by now that I am not a fan of certain music-theoretical ideas, namely those hav … more →
wrote 2 years ago: More than one websurfer has happened upon this blog recently by putting the phrase “reger chor … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Commenting on my Schoenberg analysis, Michael Monroe writes: It doesn’t take an analytical graph to … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I spent a good deal of my procrastination time yesterday searching for some interesting serious musi … more →