Chromatic Transformations in Nineteenth-Century Music

by David Kopp

Overview

David Kopp's book develops a model of chromatic chord relations in nineteenth-century music by composers such as Schubert, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms. The emphasis is on explaining chromatic third relations and the pivotal role they play in theory and practice. Drawing on tenets of nineteenth-century harmonic theory, contemporary transformation theory, and the author's own approach, the book presents a clear and elegant means for characterizing commonly acknowledged but loosely defined elements of chromatic harmony. The historical and theoretical argument is supplemented by many analytic examples.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521028493
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/21/2006
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis , #17
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.61(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

David Kopp is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Washington and specialises in nineteenth-century music theory. As a pianist, he has made recordings of twentieth-century American music.

Table of Contents

Foreword Ian Bent; Acknowledgements; 1. Common-tone tonality; 2. Three examples of functional chromatic mediant relations in Schubert; 3. Key harmonic systems and notions of third relations from Rameau to Hauptmann; 4. Hugo Riemann; 5. Twentieth-century theory and chromatic third relations; 6. Riemann's legacy and transformation theories; 7. A chromatic transformation system; 8. Chromatic mediant relations in musical contexts; 9. Five analyses; Bibliography; Index; Compositions cited.