Rules Are Made to Be Broken, or the Menuetto of Beethoven’s Op. 2, No. 1

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https://doi.org/10.5965/2525530406032021012

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Beethoven, motive, Schenkerian analysis, Tonwille

Abstract

A striking gesture appears at the climax of the first phrase of the Menuetto from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata for Piano in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1. This motivic gesture, which may be understood as derived from manipulation of standard voice-leading procedures, has intriguing ramifications that deeply affect the structure and narrative of the entire movement. These features are explored with the aid of Schenkerian analytic procedures, and the analysis is then compared to an interpretation of this same movement by Heinrich Schenker.

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L. Poundie Burstein, The City University of New York (CUNY)

L. Poundie Burstein is Professor of Music Theory at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His primary areas of interest include Schenkerian analysis, analysis of eighteenth century music, music theory pedagogy, and form studies. He has also taught at Mannes College, Columbia University, Queens College, and held an endowed chair at University of Alabama in 2010. In 1995 he received the Distinguished Teaching Award from the New School University, and in 2008 he received the Outstanding Publication Award of the Society of Music Theory (SMT). He is a former President of the Society for Music Theory.

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Published

2021-10-14

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BURSTEIN, Poundie. Rules Are Made to Be Broken, or the Menuetto of Beethoven’s Op. 2, No. 1. Orfeu, Florianópolis, v. 6, n. 3, 2021. DOI: 10.5965/2525530406032021012. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/orfeu/article/view/19721. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 6 No. 3 (2021): Special Issue on Schenkerian Analysis

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