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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Colleagues: Kudos to Michael for
his response and my thanks for the voice of reason speaking up.
We are all by now used to seeing "opinion" instant responses to
everything on the web (please "like" Schenker on facebook, etc.),
but whether or not someone wrote a nasty footnote about a rival,
was unfair to unsuspecting predominant chords, or indeed was an
insufferable bastard, hell-bent on dominating the whole
music-theoretical enterprise, has little bearing on the usefulness
of their ideas. As for old and new, I recently referred to
Anonymous 2 as a neo-neo-Riemannian, and I am of the opinion, to
quote the "BareNaked Ladies" (a rock group from Toronto, Can,
which, BTW, is the best country in the world, no kidding -- look
it up!), that "It's all been done before."<br>
<br>
Dave Headlam<br>
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On 3/5/13 9:36 AM, MICHAEL KLEIN wrote:<br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
<br>
These attacks on Schenkerian analysis are really growing tiresome,
in my opinion. I see them on the list from time to time, and I
usually just let them go. <br>
<br>
Up front -- I'm not a Schenkerian (in the sense that I do not do
research in Schenkerian analysis). But in another sense -- to
quote Charles Smith -- we're all Schenkerians.<br>
<br>
That aside, these anit-Schenkerian postings are often riddled with
errors. I don't know what Ildar means by "his theory has never
been contemporary to any other theory," unless he's trying to say
that Schenker's theory is not set up for contemporary music (and,
of course, it's not -- it is a theory of how harmony and
voice-leading work/interact in a certain repertoire of tonal
music). The statement that Schenker's theory "has never been a
part of any larger project" is flat out wrong. And there has been
plenty of work to show Schenker's deep connection to the history
of theory. So, that part of Ildar's claim is incorrect, as well.<br>
<br>
As the current saying goes, we're entitled to our own opinions,
but we're not entitled to our own facts. If Ildar and others on
the list don't like Schenkerian analysis -- fine. But please stop
it already with the attacks on an analytical system that many find
deeply useful and rewarding. <br>
<br>
I know I'll regret that I posted this (as I always do). But I'm
starting to get tired of seeing these same issues reappear
throughout the year -- usually with few facts to back up enormous
claims.<br>
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All Best,<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
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Michael Klein<br>
Chair, Department of Music Studies<br>
Professor of Music Studies<br>
Temple University<br>
Boyer College of Music and Dance<br>
316 Presser Hall<br>
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