Since ascending onto the world stage in the 1990s as one of the premier bassists and composers of his generation, William Parker has perpetually toured around t

A defense of Schenkerian analysis of tonality in music.

Where did the major scale come from? Why does most traditional non-Western music not share Western principles of harmony? What does the inner structure of a can

Tonality and Transformation is a groundbreaking study in the analysis of tonal music. Focusing on the listener's experience, author Steven Rings employs transfo