Reimagining a Riemannian symbology for the structural harmonic analysis of 19th-century tonal music.

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  • Marcus Alessi Bittencourt Universidade Estadual de Maringá

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https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2013.1.2.428

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In the context of a preview of central topics taken from a larger research work, this article presents and explains a proposition of a functional analytical symbology which is currently being developed as a tool for the structural harmonic analysis of tonal music. This symbology constitutes a key component for a proposal of an analytical methodology for 19th"‘century extended tonality, which is the core of the aforementioned larger research work. Based on a critical revision of the history of music theory and analysis, this methodology is mainly the result of the recasting and the amplification of thoughts and concepts developed by 19th"‘century theorists such as Hugo Riemann and Arthur von Oettingen. The article introduces the proposed analytical symbology through a comparison to its historical counterparts, and it also highlights the ability of the proposed symbols to graph the harmonic language of 19th"‘century extended tonality by means of a few analytical examples.

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Marcus Alessi Bittencourt, Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Marcus Alessi Bittencourt (b. 1974) is an American-Brazilian composer, pianist and music theorist born in the United States of America. He holds master's and doctoral degrees in music composition from Columbia University in the City of New York, and a bachelor's degree in music from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is currently a professor of composition, music theory and computer music at the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (State University of Paraná at Maringá) in Brazil.

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30.12.2013

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Bittencourt, M. A. (2013). Reimagining a Riemannian symbology for the structural harmonic analysis of 19th-century tonal music. Revista Vórtex, 1(2), 30–48. https://doi.org/10.33871/23179937.2013.1.2.428

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