Building on ideas first advanced by Arnold Schoenberg and later developed by Erwin Ratz, this book introduces a new theory of form for instrumental music in the classical style. The theory provides a broad set of principles and a comprehensive methodology for the analysis of classical form, from individual ideas, phrases, and themes to the large-scale organization of complete movements. It emphasizes the notion of formal function, that is, the specific role
a given formal unit plays in the structural organization of a classical work.
- ISBN10 019514399X
- ISBN13 9780195143997
- Publish Date 11 January 2001 (first published 14 May 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English