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John, on your second topic, see the final chapter of Jeffrey Swinkin's Performative Analysis, "Musical Structure(s) as Subtext: Resisting Schumann's 'Ring.'" Jeffrey discusses three ways to analyze and perform "Du Ring an meinem Finger."
I wonder if…
Dear Mark,
This may not be what you're looking for, but one multi-authored volume that examines a single piece from many perspectives is Beethoven's Tempest Sonata: Perspectives of Analysis and Performance, ed. Peter Bergé, Jeroen D'hoe, and William…
I recently came across an 1892 piece in The Music Times entitled "Too Much Harmony" that is somewhat along the lines of the present pedagogical debate. If anyone is interested, here's a link on Google books:
https://bit.ly/36j19t4
In the same volume…
Hello again,
I’ve checked my notes, and it turns out I was slightly off. Carl did tell me that Salzer had recommended playing graphs at the piano. As far as documentation of this idea, he pointed me to a comment in Structural Hearing, p. 144.
The ot…
Hi Bill,
I believe I quoted Carl Schachter stating that Felix Salzer used to recommend this in (of all places) my undergrad honors thesis on theory pedagogy. I can see if I can dig up a copy.
Then, thinking about "performance" more abstractly, Willi…
We’re pleased to present an online Pedagogy Resource for those teaching courses that relate analysis and performance. The Resource contains syllabi, course reading lists, lesson plans, assignments, and other materials representative of different kin…