The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory

1003 Pages·2006·13.09 MB·English

by  Thomas Christensen

the cambridge history of
WESTERN MUSIC THEORY
TheCambridgeHistoryofWesternMusicTheoryisthefirstcomprehensivehistory
ofWesternmusictheorytobepublishedintheEnglishlanguage.Acollabora-
tiveprojectbyleadingmusictheoristsandhistorians,thevolumetracesthe
richpanoramaofmusic-theoreticalthoughtfromtheAncientGreekstothe
presentday.Recognizingthevarietyandcomplexityofmusictheoryasanhis-
toricalsubject,thevolumehasbeenorganizedwithinaflexibleframework.
Some chapters are defined chronologically within a restricted historical
domain whilst others are defined conceptually and span longer historical
periods.Togetherthethirty-onechapterspresentasyntheticoverviewofthe
fascinating and complex subject that is historical music theory. Richly
enhancedwithillustrations,graphics,examplesandcross-citationsaswellas
being thoroughly indexed and supplemented by comprehensive bibliogra-
phiesofthemostimportantprimaryandsecondaryliterature,thisbookwill
beaninvaluableresourceforstudentsandscholarsalike.
thomas christensen isProfessorofMusicandtheHumanitiesatthe
UniversityofChicago.HeistheauthorofRameauandMusicalThoughtinthe
Enlightenment(CambridgeUniversityPress,1993).Electedin1999aspresident
oftheSocietyforMusicTheory,ProfessorChristensenhasalsoheldappoint-
mentsattheUniversityofIowaandtheUniversityofPennsylvania.
the cambridge history of
MUSIC
TheCambridgeHistoryofMusiccomprisesanewgroupofreferenceworks
concerned with significant strands of musical scholarship. The individual
volumesareself-containedandincludehistoriesofmusicexaminedbycentury
aswellasthehistoryofopera,musictheoryandAmericanmusic.Eachvolume
iswrittenbyateamofexpertsunderaspecialisteditorandrepresentsthelatest
musicologicalresearch.
Publishedtitles
TheCambridgeHistoryofAmericanMusic
EditedbyDavidNicholls
TheCambridgeHistoryofNineteenth-CenturyMusic
EditedbyJimSamson
TheCambridgeHistoryofWesternMusicTheory
EditedbyThomasChristensen
the cambridge
history of
WESTERN
MUSIC THEORY
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edited by
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Contents
Listofplates xi
Listoffigures xiii
Notesoncontributors xvi
Acknowledgments xxi
Listofabbreviations xxii
Introduction 1
thomas christensen
part i
disciplining music theory
1.Mappingtheterrain 27
leslie blasius
2.Musicapractica:musictheoryaspedagogy 46
robert w. wason
3.Epistemologiesofmusictheory 78
nicholas cook
part ii
speculative traditions
4.Greekmusictheory 109
thomas j. mathiesen
5.ThetransmissionofancientmusictheoryintotheMiddleAges 136
calvin m. bower
6.Medievalcanonics 168
jan herlinger
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7.Tuningandtemperament 193
rudolf rasch
8.Theroleofharmonicsinthescientificrevolution 223
penelope gouk
9.FromacousticstoTonpsychologie 246
burdette green and david butler
10.Musictheoryandmathematics 272
catherine nolan
part iii
regulative traditions
A Mappingtonalspaces
11.Notes,scales,andmodesintheearlierMiddleAges 307
david e. cohen
12.Renaissancemodaltheory:theoretical,compositional,and
editorialperspectives 364
cristle collins judd
13.Tonalorganizationinseventeenth-centurymusictheory 407
gregory barnett
14.Dualisttonalspaceandtransformationinnineteenth-century
musicalthought 456
henry klumpenhouwer
B CompositionalTheory
15.Organum–discantus–contrapunctusintheMiddleAges 477
sarah fuller
16.CounterpointpedagogyintheRenaissance 503
peter schubert
17.Performancetheory 534
albert cohen
Contents ix
18.StepstoParnassus:contrapuntaltheoryin1725
precursorsandsuccessors 554
ian bent
19.Twelve-tonetheory 603
john covach
C Time
20.Theevolutionofrhythmicnotation 628
anna maria busse berger
21.Theoriesofmusicalrhythmintheeighteenthand
nineteenthcenturies 657
william e. caplin
22.Rhythmintwentieth-centurytheory 695
justin london
D Tonality
23.Tonality 726
brian hyer
24.Rameauandeighteenth-centuryharmonictheory 753
joel lester
25.Nineteenth-centuryharmonictheory:theAustro-Germanlegacy 778
david w. bernstein
26.HeinrichSchenker 812
william drabkin
part iv
descriptive traditions
A Modelsofmusicanalysis
27.Musicandrhetoric 847
patrick mccreless
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28.Form 880
scott burnham
29.Thematicandmotivicanalysis 907
jonathan dunsby
B Musicpsychology
30.Energetics 927
lee rothfarb
31.Thepsychologyofmusic 956
robert gjerdingen
Indexofauthors 982
Indexofsubjects 993
Plates
Plate1.1 FrontispiecetoFranchinoGa◊urio,Theoricamusice(1492).
CourtesyoftheLibraryoftheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison page32
Plate1.2 FrontispiecetoAthanasiusKircher,Musurgiauniversalis(1650).
CourtesyoftheLibraryoftheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison 36
Plate6.1 Amonochordistatwork.L.Fogliani,Musicatheorica,fol.12v 169
Plate6.2 Ga◊urio,Practicamusice(1496),fol.Γ1r 183
Plate7.1 Chromaticjust-intonationmonochordbyFranciscoSalinas,
Demusicalibriseptem(1577),p.119 200
Plate7.2 Zarlino’smonochordfor2/7-commatemperament,Leistitutioni
harmoniche(1558),p.130 203
Plate7.3 ChristiaanHuygens’stablewiththecomparisonofthe31-tone
systemandmeantonetuning,inLettretouchantlecycleharmonique(1691),
oppositep.85 213
Plate7.4 AndreasWerckmeister’smonochord,intheengravingbelonging
tohisMusicalischeTemperatur(1691) 217
Plate8.1 RobertFludd’s“Divinemonochord”fromUtriusquecosmi...
historia(1617),p.90.CourtesyoftheWellcomeInstituteLibrary,London 230
Plate8.2 RobertFludd’s“Manthemicrocosm”fromUtriusquecosmi...
historia(1619),p.274.CourtesyoftheWellcomeInstituteLibrary,London 232
Plate8.3 Kepler’splanetaryscalesfromHarmonicesmundi(1619),p.207 235
Plate11.1 TheGuidonianHandfromL.Penna,Liprimialborimusicali(1672),
p.9.CourtesyofUniversityofMichiganLibrary 345
Plate12.1 Titlepage,anon.,Tractatusmusices(Venice,c.1513).Courtesyof
theNewberryLibrary 369
Plate12.2 Vanneus,diagramofthemodes,fromRecanetum(1533),fol.30r 372
Plate12.3a Ga◊urio’sillustrationoftheoctavespecieswithGlarean’s
annotationfromDeharmonia.CourtesyofMunichUniversityLibrary 390
Plate12.3b Glarean’sillustrationofoctavespeciesfromDodecachordon,
pp.80–81 391
Plate12.3c Glarean’stwelvemodesfromDodecachordon,p.140 391
Plate12.4 OctavespeciesandorderofthemodesfromZarlino,Dimostrationi
harmoniche,p.306 398
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