MUSIC ANALYSIS SEMINAR

SCHENKERIAN ANALYSIS SEMINAR
This seminar took place from Tue October 22 until Fri October 25, 2007

Orpheus Institute once again invited American professor Allen Cadwallader who is undoubtedly one of the most eminent music theorists with respect to Schenkerian analysis.



Professor Allen Cadwallader gave two workshops:


Workshop No. 1-Introduction to Schenkerian Theory, 22-23, 2007

This 2-day workshop covered the fundamentals of Schenker´s approach to analysis. The topics included: Counterpoint, Structural Melody, Imaginary Continuo, Harmonic Frameworks, Linear Techniques, Tonal Structure, Techniques of Melodic Prolongation, and an introduction to Schenker´s system of graphic notation. During the second day passages and short compositions were analysed.

Workshop No. 2-Advanced Schenkerian Analysis, 24-25, 2007

This 2-day workshop continued from Workshop No. 1 with the analysis of longer passages and complete compositions. Schenker´s approach in relation to Formenlehre was examined and the focus on small-scale formal units and more complex Binary, Ternary, and Sonata Forms. It was also considered how Schenker´s approach to Motivic Relationships reveals both unity and contrast in tonal compositions.

Allen Cadwallader is Professor of Music Theory at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Ohio, USA), where he teaches harmony, counterpoint and Schenkerian analysis. He is co-author (with David Gagné) of "Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approach" and has published articles on Schenkerian theory in Journal of Music Theory, Music Analysis and Music Theory Spectrum. He has presented workshops on Schenkerian analysis in Europe and the USA.