The Masterwork in Music: Volume 1, 1925 (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis, Series Number 5)

Volume I of this work is translated here by a team of distinguished theorists. It includes analyses of keyboard works by Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin, Beethoven and Handel and solo violin music by Bach, as well as more general essays on aspects of Schenkerian theory. Volume 2 (1926) and Volume 3 (1930) were published in 1995/6. Long awaited in English translation, this edition will also be invaluable to scholars for the editorial annotations and elucidations provided by Dr Drabkin and his translators.\nBook Description\nA translation of Volume I of a major work by one of the leading music theorists of the century.\nBook Description\nVolume I of this work is translated here by a team of distinguished theorists.