Title: The analysis of music /
Authors: White, John David,
Date: 1984
Publisher: Scarecrow Press,
Physical description: xii, 216 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: M
Contents: 1. The purpose and nature of analysis : Stylistic norms ; The nature of analysis ; Analysis of contemporary music ; The basic steps of analysis -- 2. The analytical method : The musical elements ; Growth ; Microanalysis ; Middle-analysis ; Macroanalysis ; A demonstration analysis -- 3. Substructural units of music : Motives ; Phrases and cadences ; Phrase structure ; Period and phrase-group structure -- 4. Normative structures : Binary form ; Three-part forms ; Rondo form ; Sonata form ; Variants of sonata form ; Concerto patterns ; Variation forms ; Contrapuntal works -- 5. Melody and rhythm : Range, tessitura, and profile ; Scales and intervals ; Density ; Melodic pulse ; Macrorhythm -- 6. Harmony and rhythm : Micro- and middle-analysis of harmony ; Harmonic microanalysis ; Harmonic analysis of twentieth-century music ; Harmonic rhythm -- 7. Counterpoint : Early polyphonic practices ; Analysis of renaissance polyphony ; Tonal counterpoint ; Tonal answers ; Counterpoint in the twentieth century -- 8. The element of sound : Timbre ; Dynamics ; Texture ; The factors of sound combined -- 9. An approach to musical sound in analysis: Indices of sound ; Evaluation of sound ; Sample analysis for sound of a 20th century work ; Relevance -- 10. Synthesis and conclusions.
Subject headings (LCSH): Music theory.; Music--Instruction and study; Musical analysis.; Style, Musical.