Return to Riemann: Tonal Function and Chromatic Music

Bys: Harper-Scott, J. P. E. and Chandler, Oliver

This book is a music-theoretical and critical-theoretical study of late tonal music, and, in particular, of the music of Wagner's G tterd mmerung.

First, in terms of music theory, it proposes a new theory of tonal function that returns to the theories of Hugo Riemann to rediscover a development of his thought that has been covered over by the recent project of neo-Riemannian theory. Second, in terms of its philosophical approach, it...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032025050
• ISBN13: 9781032025056
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"