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Music: Course Guides: Fundamentals of Tonal Music

Selected Reference

   Kostka, Stefan M., and Dorothy Payne.

   Tonal Harmony: With an Introduction to Twentieth-century Music.

   New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

   Call number: Music 781.25 K86 t6

   

   

 

 

 

   Aldwell, Edward, and Carl Schachter. 

   Harmony & Voice Leading.

   Australia: Thomson/Schirmer. 4thed., 2011.

   Call number: Music 781.25 A36 h2

   

   

 

   Cadwallader, Allen, and David Gagné.

   Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach.

   New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

   Call number: Music 781 C12 a5

   

   

 

   Caplin, William Earl.

   Analyzing Classical Form: An Approach for the Classroom.

   New York: Oxford University Press, 2013.

   Call number: Music 784.18 C244 a5

   

   

 

   Gauldin, Robert.

   Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music.

   New York: W.W. Norton, 2004.

   Call number: Music 781.25 G26 h2

   

   

 

   Turek, Ralph.

   Theory for Today's Musician.

   Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

   Call number: Music 781 T93 t3

   

   

 

   Santa, Matthew.

   Hearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score.

   New York: Routledge, 2010.

   Call number: Music 781.8 S23

   

   

   

   Rameau, Jean Philippe.

   Treatise on Harmony.

   New York: Dover, 1971.

   Call number: Music 781.3 R17  

   

   

 

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Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians / New Grove Dictionary of Opera

Online access Print@ Music Collection, 1/F Main Library Old Wing (Library Use Only)
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 New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (2001)
 
 29 volumes
 
 Call number: MuR 780.3 G88
 
 Location: Reference Collection

Journals

   Music Analysis

    “is published by the Society for Music Analysis (SMA).”

    ~ Print v.1 (1982)-v.26 (2007)

    ~ Online via JSTOR v.1 (1982) up to 10 years back from latest issue published-

                     via Academic Search Premier v.22, no.1/2 (2003)-delay 12 months

                     via Wiley Online Library v.18, no.1 (Mar. 1999)-

   

   

 

   Music Theory Spectrum

    “features articles on a wide range of topics in music theory and analysis, including aesthetics, critical theory and hermeneutics, history of theory,

   post-tonal theory, linear analysis, rhythm, music cognition, and the analysis of popular musics.”

    ~ Print v.1 (1979)-v.13 (1991)-v.14, no.1 (1992); v.15 (1993)-v.26 (2004)

    ~ Online via JSTOR v.1 (1979) up to 3 years back from latest issue published-

                                                  via ProQuest v.28, no.1 (2006)-v.34, no.2 (2012)

                                                  via IIMP FullText v.26, no.1 (2004)-v.34, no.2 (2012)

                                                  via Oxford Journals v.18 (1996)-

   

   Journal of Music Theory

    “publishes research with important and broad applications in the analysis of music and the history of music theory as well         as theoretical or metatheoretical work that engages and stimulates ongoing discourse in the field.”

    ~ Print v.27 (1983)-v.33 (1989)-v.34, no.1 (1990); v.35 (1991); v.36, no.2 (1992); v.37 (1993)-v.47 (2003); v.49 (2005)-v.51,                    no.1 (2007); v.52 (2008)

    ~ Online via JSTOR v.1 (1957) up to 5 years back from latest issue published-

                                                  via the web v.43 (1999)-

   

    

 

   Music Theory Online

    “includes articles, reviews, commentaries, and analytical essays.”

    ~ Online via Academic Search Premier v.18, no.1 (2012)-

                   via the Open access journal

   

   

 

Online resources

- Includes exercises, glossary, tips for presenting Schenkerian graphs on Sibelius   

 

- Mainly includes Schenker’s correspondence with English translations, and his collections’ highlight in four different libraries/archives 

 

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