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The Oxford Handbook of Timbre

Emily I. Dolan , Alexander Rehding

Despite its importance as a central feature of musical sounds, timbre has rarely stood in the limelight. First defined in the eighteenth century, denigrated during the nineteenth, the concept of timbre came into its own during the twentieth century and its fascination...

The Oxford Handbook of Critical Concepts in Music Theory

Alexander Rehding , Steven Rings

Music Theory has a lot of ground to cover. Especially in introductory classes a whole range of fundamental concepts are introduced at fast pace that can never be explored in depth or detail, as other new topics become more pressing. The short time we spend with them in...

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Alexander Rehding

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audiences captive for close to two centuries. Few other musical works hold such a prominent place in the collective imagination; each generation rediscovers the work for itself and makes it its own. Honing in on the...

Music and Monumentality

Alexander Rehding

The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Riemannian Music Theories

Edward Gollin , Alexander Rehding

In recent years Hugo Riemann's ideas have thoroughly captured the music-theoretical imagination, both in the United States and abroad. Neo-Riemannian theory has proven particularly adept at explaining features of chromatic music where other theoretical approaches have...