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<div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Since I have not recieved any replies to my query concerning analytical literature for Ibert, I will broaden my question.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Does anyone know of any especially good analytical literature on Debussy's Preludes? Any suggestions concerning analytical literature for Debussy are appreciated, however, I am particularly interested in the Preludes.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please reply to <a href="mailto:williamwaldroup@my.unt.edu">williamwaldroup@my.unt.edu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>As William asked for "especially good analytical literature on Debussy's Preludes," I hope it is not too boastful to recommend some of my own papers:</div><div><br></div><div>(1) "New Theories and Fantasies on the Music of Debussy: Post-Triadic Prolongation in <i>Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest</i> and Other Examples." In <i>Selected Essays from the Third International Schenker Symposium</i>, ed. Allen Cadwallader. Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 2006.</div><div><br></div><div>(2) Containing an analysis of <i>Voiles</i>: "Prolongation of Harmonies Related to the Harmonic Series in Early Post-Tonal Music". <i>Journal of Music Theory </i>Vol. 46 (2002), 207–283.</div><div><br></div><div>(3) On another piano work: "On the Coordination of Tonal Functions, Pitch Sets, Meter, and Form in <i>L'Isle joyeuse</i> by Debussy." In <i>A Composition as a Problem: Proceedings of a conference on music theory, Tallin, May 16-17, 1996</i>, ed. Mart Humal. Tallinn: Eesti Muusikaakademia, 1997.</div><div><br></div><div>(There are several more, but they are in Finnish, which some of you may not know well enough... ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>With best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Olli Väisälä</div><div>Sibelius Academy, Helsinki</div><div><a href="mailto:ovaisala@siba.fi">ovaisala@siba.fi</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>