Reference and Schenkerian Structure: Toward a Theory of Variation.

“Reference and Schenkerian Structure: Toward a Theory of Variation.” Indiana Theory Review 25 (2004): 177–222.

Variations often bring deep-seated, Schenkerian features to the surface, a process I liken to Nelson Goodman’s notion of exemplification. One instance of musical exemplification is motivic parallelism, as when the Urlinie is transferred to the foreground.

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