Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
"Functional Formanality": Twisted Formal Functions in Joseph Haydn's Symphonies - L. Poundie Burstein
Mozart's Sonata-Form Arias - Nathan John Martin
Formal Type and Formal Function in the Postclassical Piano Concerto - Julian Horton
Saint-Saen's Cyclic Forms - Andrew Deruchie
Schubert's "Deflected-Cadence" Transitions and the Classical Style - Brian Black
"Heavenly Length" in Schubert's Instrumental Music - Francois de Medicis
Sentences in the Lieder of Robert Schumann:The Relation to the Text - Harald Krebs
Parlante Talk: Texture and Formal Function in the Operas of Verdi - Steven Huebner
Discipline and Punish among the Winds in the First Movement of Beethoven's First Symphony - Henry Klumpenhouwer
Laborious Homecomings: The "Ongoing Reprise" from Clementi to Brahms - Giorgio Sanguinetti
Dominant Tunnels, Form, and Program in Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht - Julie Pedneault-Deslauriers
Form and Serial Function in Leibowitz's Trois poèmes de Pierre Reverdy - Christoph Neidhofer
The Philosopher as Theorist: Adorno's materiale Formenlehre - Steven Vande Moortele
Afterword - Janet Schmalfeldt

About the Author

STEVEN HUEBNER is the James McGill Professor (musicology) at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.

Reviews

First-rate studies. Fascinating...truly refreshing...incisive analysis.
*AD PARNASSUM: A JOURNAL OF 18TH- AND 19TH-CENTURY INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.*

Formal Functions in Perspective breaks new ground by offering careful consideration of how best to extend Caplin's ideas about eighteenth-century form [with nineteenth-century repertory]. The book maintains remarkable focus throughout. Every chapter offers its own in-depth readings of musical form, most with several examples. Henry Klumpenhouwer and Giorgio Sanguinetti offer...enlightening, analyses. Vande Moortele's contribution, on connections between Adorno and Caplin, also offers a welcome marriage of formal analysis and broader intellectual trends. One obvious strength of this chapter is the author's ability to synthesize a huge amount of material clearly and succinctly. Nathan John Martin's study of Mozart's arias, Steven Huebner's discussion of texture in Verdi, and especially Harald Krebs's study of sentence structures in Schumann's songs all reward careful reading.
*MUSIC & LETTERS*

Formal Functions in Perspective goes beyond the traditional analysis to look at other types of formal structure and relationships in music. The essays deal with a wide variety of forms -- the symphonic form, arias, sonata-form arias, the lieder, and chamber works -- and the book includes wonderful examples and tables that clearly identify the form parts and transitions. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
*CHOICE*