Free composition: volume III of New musical theories and fantasies = Der freie Satz

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The first two volumes of Heinrich Schenker's masterwork Neue musikalische Theorien und Phantasien, Harmonielehren (1906), and Kontrapunkt (1910 and 1922), laid the foundations for the harmonic aspect of his theory. The specific voice-leading component was a later development, progressing with brilliance over the last 15 years of his life. It is in Schenker's third volume Free Composition: Vol. III of New Musical Theories and Fantasies Part 2: Musical Examples (Freie Satz, 1935) that the idea of voice-leading receives its most detailed and precise formulation. Pendragon Press is honored to make this distinguished reprint of Schenker's musical examples available once again, with a new preface by Carl Schacter. Table of Contents Frontmatter Series Editor's Acknowledgment (page x) Preface to the English Edition (page xi) Preface to the Second German Edition (page xv) Introduction to the English Edition (page xvii) Introduction (page xxi) PART I THE BACKGROUND Chapter 1 The Background (page 3) Chapter 2 The Fundamental Structure (page 10) Chapter 3 The Forms of the Fundamental Structure (page 17) PART II THE MIDDLEGROUND Chapter 1 The Middleground in General (§§ 45-52) (page 25) Chapter 2 Specific Characteristics of the Middleground: The First Level (page 29) PART III THE FOREGROUND Chapter 1 The Concepts of Strict Counterpoint (page 55) Chapter 2 The Later Structural Levels (page 68) Chapter 3 Specific Foreground Events (page 87) Chapter 4 Meter and Rhythm (page 118) Chapter 5 Form (page 128) Epilogue (§ 324) (page 145) Appendix 1 Contents of Figures (Works Arranged by Composer) (page 149) Appendix 2 List of References to Figures (page 154) Appendix 3 Works of Heinrich Schenker (page 156) Appendix 4 Omissions from the Original German Edition (page 158) Appendix 5 List of Terms (page 163) About the Translator (page 165)