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Hello Benjamin</P>
<P>In 2008, I finished my M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Toronto where, for a period of six years, I worked closely with both David Beach and Ed Laufer. The dissertation is called "A Documentary Study and Schenkerian Analysis of Dvorak's Symphony in D Minor op. 70" (apologies for the lack or diacritic accents; my emailer does not do them very well). I suppose this makes me 3rd generation?</P>
<P>Further to your inital email, I'm also a performer for whom Schenker has always been a big part of how I learn the tonal repertory.</P>
<P>Cordially,</P>
<P>Leslie</P>
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<P>Leslie Kinton, Ph.D.<br>
Assistant Professor, Piano Faculty,<br>
Don Wright Faculty of Music,<br>
<B>University of Western Ontario</B><B><br>
Anagnoson & Kinton Website: <A href="http://www.pianoduo.com">www.pianoduo.com</A></B></P>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG>On Fri 15/05/09 1:17 PM , "Dr. Benjamin Ayotte" benjaminayotte@aim.com sent:</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #5167c6 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><WBR>Dear Colleagues,<br>
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Nicolas Meeùs writes:<br>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 3px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid">You are not entirely clear about the scope of your query, namely whether it is restricted to American Schenkerism or addresses European (or possibly other) Schenkerism as well. I don't know about possible answers of my German or Dutch colleagues, who would seem to have been in closer contact with your "second" and "third" generations – I'd be very much interested by what they say.<br>
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Thank you for pointing this out, Nicolas. I do not wish to limit the scope of my inquiry to American scholars--there are too many fine publications from Europe and Asia for this to be tenable. As Schenker is ascendant in Europe (witness the recent conferences in Utrecht, Vienna, and Berlin-Mannheim-Sauen), I would appreciate hearing from my European colleagues how they came to be acquainted with Schenker, whether through reading, as an auto-didact, or via a conference (e.g., that held at the Royal Holloway in 1993; the Estonian conferences on "A Composition as a Problem" or others). Reception in Eastern Europe and Asia is of particular interest with the Russian and Chinese translations of Freie Satz by Boris Plotnikov and Chen Shi-Ben being available there.<br>
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Dr. Benjamin McKay Ayotte, A. B., Ph. D.<br>
Music Theorist and Historian<br>
Greensboro, North Carolina<br>
benaminayotte@aim.com<br>
http:// www.academia.edu/benjaminayotte<br>
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