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522: 130: 126:"Structural level" may not exactly correspond to Schenker's own concept. Schenker thought that the levels were levels of elaboration of the piece of music, so that the first level was not the background itself (the starting point), but its first elaboration at the early middleground. He called levels "the voice-leading and transformation levels, prolongations, elaborations, and similar means." 176:
1, p. 3), only here the contrapuntal octave progression of the lower voice is placed not on the divider at the upper fifth, as it was there, but on that at the lower fifth. Voice-leading errors threaten on the way to this divider: consecutive (contrary) fifths at d), open fifths at
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c) shows the chromaticisms, effecting more powerful (tonicizing) connections and thereby articulating the octave progression in three third progressions: f–d, d–b, a–f;
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b) introduces the downward register transfer f—f by means of third progressions in the outer voices and the 5—6 exchange, then the renewed swing upwards to f;
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The image hereby shows Schenker's earliest presentation of levels in a figure, his analysis of J.S. Bach's Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 926, in
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f) finally shows the removal of the consecutive fifths by means of the exchange 6–5, which is also welcome to the diminution."
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For example, while details such as melodic notes exist at the lowest structural levels, the foreground, in the background the
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Bello, Juan Pablo, ed. (2008). Kirlin, Philip B. and Utgoff, Paul E. "A Framework for Automated Schenkerian Analysis",
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d) and e) show how, in the second chord of the octave series, the third c is not led up chromatically to c
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Transl. by J. Dubiel, slightly modified to make it more literally conform to the German original.
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Das Wesen des musikalischen Kunstwerks: Eine Einführung in Die Lehre Heinrich Schenkers
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Stimmführungs–, Verwandlungsschichten, Prolongationen, Auswickelung u. ä.
82: 320:, vol. I; Brown otherwise prefers "level". It is not used in F. Salzer, 384: 222: 189:, "level," by "structural") may have been created by Felix Salzer in 62:
at a different level of abstraction, with levels typically including
365:, W. Drabkin ed., vol. I, Oxford University Press 2004, pp. 180-181. 328:(Norton, 1982), or in E. Aldwell, C. Schachter and A. Cadwallader, 144:"The figure hereafter shows the gradual growth of the voice-leading 312:(Cambridge, 1996), alongside "level". It appears once in M. Brown, 29: 388: 85:, representing the digression from and necessary return to the 128: 332:(Schirmer, 2011), etc., where "level" is used exclusively. 378:, Boni, 1952, pp. 119, 121, 122, 125, 155, 205 and 264. 193:. Salzer apparently never uses "level" alone to mean 310:Schenker's Argument and the Claims of Music Theory 308:The word "strata" can be found in L. D. Blasius, 271:, Appendix 4, text P (translation by J. Rothgeb). 285:Introduction to the Theory of Heinrich Schenker 142: 117:Introduction to the Theory of Heinrich Schenker 115:("Levels") as described by Oswald Jonas in his 185:The expression "structural level" (completing 400: 324:(Boni, 1952), in A. Forte and S. E. Gilbert, 111:is the translation given by John Rothgeb for 8: 407: 393: 385: 81:is the most basic structural level of all 123:as "levels" usually has been preferred. 235: 148:, all predetermined in the womb of the 7: 326:Introduction to Schenkerian Analysis 160:progression and the first intervals; 27:Structural level of a piece of music 216:Prolongation in Schenkerian theory 140:5 (1923), p. 8. Schenker writes: 25: 520: 1: 601: 156:a) gives the image of the 563: 529: 518: 422: 330:Harmony and Voice Leading 95:perfect authentic cadence 58:is a representation of a 291:). Trans. John Rothgeb. 348:English translation in 318:The Masterwork in Musik 34:Fundamental structure. 183: 133: 46: 442:Fundamental structure 132: 79:fundamental structure 33: 585:Schenkerian analysis 416:Schenkerian analysis 52:Schenkerian analysis 462:Obligatory register 314:Explaining Tonality 263:Heinrich Schenker, 103:sonata allegro form 452:Linear progression 376:Structural Hearing 322:Structural Hearing 267:, 1935, §301. See 191:Structural Hearing 134: 47: 572: 571: 534:Heinrich Schenker 482:Register transfer 427:Bass arpeggiation 252:978-0-615-24849-3 16:(Redirected from 592: 547:Free Composition 524: 492:Structural level 437:Fundamental line 409: 402: 395: 386: 379: 372: 366: 359: 353: 350:Free Composition 339: 333: 306: 300: 287:, p.138. (1934: 278: 272: 269:Free Composition 261: 255: 240: 171: 170: 97:(V-I) after the 56:structural level 45: 44: 43: 41: 21: 600: 599: 595: 594: 593: 591: 590: 589: 575: 574: 573: 568: 559: 525: 516: 418: 413: 383: 382: 373: 369: 360: 356: 344:, 1935, p. 17: 340: 336: 307: 303: 279: 275: 262: 258: 241: 237: 232: 203: 178: 168: 167: 165: 163: 161: 153: 89:that motivates 49: 39: 37: 36: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 598: 596: 588: 587: 577: 576: 570: 569: 564: 561: 560: 558: 557: 550: 543: 536: 530: 527: 526: 519: 517: 515: 514: 509: 507:Voice exchange 504: 499: 494: 489: 484: 479: 474: 469: 464: 459: 454: 449: 444: 439: 434: 429: 423: 420: 419: 414: 412: 411: 404: 397: 389: 381: 380: 367: 354: 342:Der freie Satz 334: 301: 273: 265:Der freie Satz 256: 234: 233: 231: 228: 227: 226: 219: 209: 202: 199: 60:piece of music 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 597: 586: 583: 582: 580: 567: 562: 556: 555: 551: 549: 548: 544: 542: 541: 537: 535: 532: 531: 528: 523: 513: 512:Voice leading 510: 508: 505: 503: 500: 498: 495: 493: 490: 488: 485: 483: 480: 478: 477:Reaching over 475: 473: 470: 468: 465: 463: 460: 458: 457:Neighbor note 455: 453: 450: 448: 445: 443: 440: 438: 435: 433: 430: 428: 425: 424: 421: 417: 410: 405: 403: 398: 396: 391: 390: 387: 377: 371: 368: 364: 358: 355: 351: 347: 343: 338: 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 315: 311: 305: 302: 298: 294: 290: 286: 282: 281:Jonas, Oswald 277: 274: 270: 266: 260: 257: 253: 249: 245: 239: 236: 229: 225: 224: 220: 217: 213: 210: 208: 207:Klang (music) 205: 204: 200: 198: 196: 192: 188: 182: 179: 175: 159: 154: 151: 147: 146:prolongations 141: 139: 131: 127: 124: 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 42: 32: 19: 552: 545: 540:Counterpoint 538: 491: 472:Prolongation 467:Primary tone 375: 370: 363:Der Tonwille 362: 357: 349: 345: 341: 337: 329: 325: 321: 317: 313: 309: 304: 288: 284: 276: 268: 264: 259: 243: 238: 221: 212:Prolongation 194: 190: 186: 184: 180: 173: 157: 155: 149: 143: 138:Der Tonwille 137: 135: 125: 120: 116: 112: 108: 107: 91:musical form 76: 71: 68:middleground 67: 63: 55: 48: 497:Tonal space 374:F. Salzer, 99:development 83:tonal music 18:Vordergrund 487:Scale-step 432:Diminution 297:0582282276 244:ISMIR 2008 72:background 64:foreground 502:Unfolding 246:, p.363. 121:Schichten 113:Schichten 579:Category 566:Glossary 283:(1982). 201:See also 174:Tonwille 169:♯ 554:Harmony 352:, p. 5. 230:Sources 223:Urlinie 214:, also 195:Schicht 187:Schicht 158:Urlinie 150:Urlinie 295:  250:  109:Strata 70:, and 447:Klang 87:tonic 293:ISBN 248:ISBN 54:, a 40:Play 177:e); 101:of 50:In 581:: 197:. 105:. 66:, 408:e 401:t 394:v 299:. 254:. 218:. 152:. 20:)

Index

Vordergrund

Play
Schenkerian analysis
piece of music
fundamental structure
tonal music
tonic
musical form
perfect authentic cadence
development
sonata allegro form

prolongations
Klang (music)
Prolongation
Prolongation in Schenkerian theory
Urlinie
ISBN
978-0-615-24849-3
Jonas, Oswald
ISBN
0582282276
v
t
e
Schenkerian analysis
Bass arpeggiation
Diminution
Fundamental line

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