Essays from the Fourth International Schenker Symposium

This book constitutes the second volume of essays that are based on presentations given at the Fourth International Schenker Symposium held at Mannes College. The volume is divided into two sections: one devoted to Heinrich Schenker the person, and the other to a series of Schenkerian analyses. The first section situates Schenker in his historical context by examining the theorist himself, and helps us to distinguish Schenker the person from the theoretic system he inspired. The essays of the second section variously appeal to theoretic notions such as formal function, Sonata Theory, set theory, hermeneutics, and other concepts. They are typical of current Schenkerian analytic scholarship which today is rarely practiced in a “pure,” unmodified form. Rather, Schenkerian studies tend to be pluralistic, both in the repertoires that they investigate and the analytic tools that they employ.

L. Poundie Burstein is a professor of music theory at Hunter College. He has published essays and reviews inMusic Analysis, Theory and Practice, Journal of New Music Research, Journal of Music Theory, Schenker Studies 2,and Woman and Music. Lynne Rogers is an associate professor of music theory at William Paterson University. She performs research primarily in the field of twentieth-century music, and her articles have appeared inContemporary Music Review, Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Journal of Musicology,and Music Theory Spectrum. Karen M. Bottge is a professor of music theory at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests include historical music theories, music of the 19th century, and relations between theory, analysis, and performance. Her research has been published in 19th Century Music and Music Theory Online.