The Art of Tonal Analysis

In Fall 2012, the renowned tonal theorist and leading practitioner of Schenkerian theory and analysis Carl Schachter taught a legendary doctoral seminar at the CUNY Graduate Center in which he talked about the music and the musical issues that have concerned him most deeply; the course was in essence a summation of his extensive and renowned teaching on the subject. Winner of the Society for Music Theory's 2017 Citation of Special Merit, The Art of Tonal Analysis presents edited transcripts of those lectures, accompanied by abundant music examples including those transcribed from the classroom blackboard, visualizations of material presented aurally at the piano, and Schenkerian graphs and sketches presented in Schachter's own handwriting.