Acknowledgments
Introduction
"Functional Formanality": Twisted Formal Functions in Joseph
Haydn's Symphonies - L. Poundie Burstein
Mozart's Sonata-Form Arias - Nathan John Martin
Formal Type and Formal Function in the Postclassical Piano Concerto
- Julian Horton
Saint-Saen's Cyclic Forms - Andrew Deruchie
Schubert's "Deflected-Cadence" Transitions and the Classical Style
- Brian Black
"Heavenly Length" in Schubert's Instrumental Music - Francois de
Medicis
Sentences in the Lieder of Robert Schumann:The Relation to the Text
- Harald Krebs
Parlante Talk: Texture and Formal Function in the Operas of Verdi -
Steven Huebner
Discipline and Punish among the Winds in the First Movement of
Beethoven's First Symphony - Henry Klumpenhouwer
Laborious Homecomings: The "Ongoing Reprise" from Clementi to
Brahms - Giorgio Sanguinetti
Dominant Tunnels, Form, and Program in Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht
- Julie Pedneault-Deslauriers
Form and Serial Function in Leibowitz's Trois poèmes de Pierre
Reverdy - Christoph Neidhofer
The Philosopher as Theorist: Adorno's materiale Formenlehre -
Steven Vande Moortele
Afterword - Janet Schmalfeldt
STEVEN HUEBNER is the James McGill Professor (musicology) at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
First-rate studies. Fascinating...truly refreshing...incisive
analysis.
*AD PARNASSUM: A JOURNAL OF 18TH- AND 19TH-CENTURY INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC.*
Formal Functions in Perspective breaks new ground by offering
careful consideration of how best to extend Caplin's ideas about
eighteenth-century form [with nineteenth-century repertory]. The
book maintains remarkable focus throughout. Every chapter offers
its own in-depth readings of musical form, most with several
examples. Henry Klumpenhouwer and Giorgio Sanguinetti
offer...enlightening, analyses. Vande Moortele's contribution, on
connections between Adorno and Caplin, also offers a welcome
marriage of formal analysis and broader intellectual trends. One
obvious strength of this chapter is the author's ability to
synthesize a huge amount of material clearly and succinctly. Nathan
John Martin's study of Mozart's arias, Steven Huebner's discussion
of texture in Verdi, and especially Harald Krebs's study of
sentence structures in Schumann's songs all reward careful
reading.
*MUSIC & LETTERS*
Formal Functions in Perspective goes beyond the traditional
analysis to look at other types of formal structure and
relationships in music. The essays deal with a wide variety of
forms -- the symphonic form, arias, sonata-form arias, the lieder,
and chamber works -- and the book includes wonderful examples and
tables that clearly identify the form parts and transitions.
Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through
faculty.
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