Week 1: Sept 1-5

For the week:

The readings may be done in any order, but they are listed in approximate order of relevance for the first week.

• Lerdahl and Jackendoff A Generative Theory of Tonal Music, Chs. 1-2 (book on open, book and photocopy on closed reserve)
• LaRue Guidelines for Style Analysis excerpt in the IAT materials, pp. 11-21. Note especially the symbols (see p. 7 for a separate listing of the symbols)
• Green Form in Tonal Music. See Ch. 5 for definitions of phrase types. Skim pp. 73-90 for one- and two-part forms, pp. 125-145 for ternary forms, and Chs. 9 (rondo), Ch. 10 (binary), Ch. 11 (sonata) for form types.
• Rothstein Phrase Rhythm in Tonal Music, Chs. 1-2 (book on open, photocopy on closed reserve) (Note that Rothstein's definition of small and large phrases is different from Green's classifications)
• Howat Debussy in Proportion, Ch. 3 (book on open, photocopy on closed reserve)