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Week 1

Brief introduction to post-tonal theory, centricity and parsinomious voice-leading.

Readings

Clifton Callender, "Voice-Leading Parsimony in the Music of Alexander Scriabin," Journal of Music Theory 42,:2, Neo-Riemannian Theory (1998), 219-33.

Dmitri Tymoczko, "Scale Networks in Debussy," Journal of Music Theory 48/2 (2004), 219-94.

Listen

Scriabin, Three Etudes, op. 65, no 3, Deux Poèmes, op. 71, 2 and Etude Op. 74, No. 4 (audio in canvas under files).

resources

Analysis of Scriabin Op. 67, No. 1 (click for score; assignment guide on canvas); due April 8

resources

Supplementary materials for post-tonal review:

A (very) brief introduction to mathematically-based music theory

Gary Tucker's brief introduction to PC-set analysis

Chapters from Straus, An Introduction to Post-tonal Theory

Post-tonal clock paper

List of PC-set classes