Heinrich Schenker's Conception of Harmony

Robert W. Wason is Professor Emeritus of Music Theory and Affiliate Faculty in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music. Matthew Brown is Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music.

• IntroductionPART I: HARMONIELEHREThe Eclectic Intellectual Methodology of Schenker's Theory of Harmony (1906)The Music-Theoretical Content of Schenker's Theory of Harmony (1906), and the Status of Harmony in his Later WorkPART II: HARMONIELEHRE: The PastSchenker's Theory of Harmony (1906) in Historical Perspective: The Theory of Harmony from the Ancient Greeks to the Early Nineteenth CenturySources of Schenker's Intellectual Methodology in 1906: The Conflict Between the Human and Natural Sciences in Schenker's Education, Music Theory in the Later Nineteenth Century, and His Reaction to BothPART III: HARMONIELEHRE: The FutureA "New Edition" for a New Audience and an "American Version" for a New Country: Problems of Editing and Translating Harmonielehre (1906)The Twilight of the Masters: Schenker's Reinterpretation of the Classical Concept of HarmonyAppendix A:"The Path to Likeness." Introduction and Translation of OC 83/2-43 by Robert WasonAppendix B: "[Foundations of Tonal Systems.]" Introduction and Translation of OC 31/360-417 by Robert Wason.

Wason and Brown infuse their narrative with the atmosphere of the theorist's time, and the commitment of his friends and students. [They ] offer refinements to the English translation of the most essential terms used by Schenker that are indispensable. [An] essential addition to the literature.