Formal Functions in Perspective

Presents thirteen studies that engage with the notion of formal function in a variety of ways Among the more striking developments in contemporary North American music theory is the renewed centrality of issues of musical form (Formenlehre) . Formal Functions in Perspective presents thirteen studies that engage with musical form in a variety of ways. The essays, written by established and emerging scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the European continent, run the ch