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The “Rebuff Chorus” In 1960–2000 Pop Music, David Heetderks
The “Rebuff Chorus” In 1960–2000 Pop Music, David Heetderks
Gamut: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
In some verse–prechorus–chorus (VPC) songs from 1960–1990, the prechorus sets up an expectation for tonic arrival, only to have the subsequent chorus reject this tonal implication and either withhold tonic resolution, abruptly change to a new key, or contain a passage whose relation to the previous one is tonally ambiguous. I call this event a “rebuff” chorus. Formal analysis and intertextual comparison show how rebuff choruses use absent-tonic passages or modulatory “breakout” passages in order to swerve away from the implications of the previous section. The formal device often transforms the expressive effect of the chorus from arrival and sincerity …
The Early Schenkerians And The "Concept Of Tonality", John Koslovsky
The Early Schenkerians And The "Concept Of Tonality", John Koslovsky
Gamut: Online Journal of the Music Theory Society of the Mid-Atlantic
This essay investigates the role that a single expression played during the years when Schenker’s ideas began to disseminate en masse, the so-called “concept of tonality.” In particular, it examines how three key Schenker disciples—Oswald Jonas, Felix Salzer, and Adele Katz—used the expression to promote his/her own vision of Schenkerian analysis and pedagogy during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. While considering the writings that gave birth to the expression, the essay also points to the common sources these early Schenkerians drew on in forming their narratives around Schenker, and it goes on to explore the divergent paths those narratives …