The Oxford Handbook of Critical Concepts in Music Theory by Alexander Rehding & Steven Rings (editors)Call Number: MT6 .O888 2019 (print version)
Publication Date: 2019; January 2015 (e-version)
This book presents music-theoretical concepts as a register of key terms progressing outwards from smallest detail to discussions of the music-theoretical project on the largest scale. The approaches individual authors take range from philosophical, historical, or analytical to systematic, cognitive, and critical-theorical-covering the whole diverse spectrum of contemporary music theory. Sections include: Starting Points, Time, Horizontals and Verticals, and The Big Picture.