Tonfeld theory is one of the most promising new theoretical developments to the understanding of extended tonality from the 19th century and beyond. Originating from German and Hungarian music theory traditions (Haas, 2004), it constitutes one of the main alternative explanations of extended tonality to established approaches of theories of chromaticism and Neo-Riemannian theory. We recently worked on mathematical formalization of the harmonic component of tonfeld tonality (Rohrmeier & Moss, 2021).
The purpose of our workshop is to provide discussion on advanced topics and historical implications arising from Tonfeld theory.
We are happy to welcome Prof. Dr. Michael Polth (Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim) to give a one-day workshop on advanced Tonfeld theory.
Everyone is welcome to join our workshop. Please drop us a note if you plan on joining ([email protected]), and please prepare the the Brahm’s piece in advance.
Date
The workshop will take place on Thursday, March 17 from 9-17.30 at the Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab, INM 020 (note that it takes place in the new Soundlab!)
Schedule
| 9.00 | Welcome |
| 9.00 – 12.30 | Part I |
| Analysis and close reading of Brahm’s late piano piece Op.117 #2 | |
| 10.30 | Coffee break |
| 12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00 – 17.30 | Part II |
| The historical rise of Tonfeld tonality and the simultaneous decay of Schenkerian structures illustrated with analytical examples | |
| 15.30 | Coffee break |
| 17.30 | joint apero |
References
Haas, B. (2004). Die neue Tonalität von Schubert bis Webern: Hören und Analysieren nach Albert Simon. Wilhelmshaven: F. Noetzel, Heinrichshofen-Bücher.
Rohrmeier, M. & Moss, F. (2021). A formal model of extended tonal harmony. In Proceedings of the 22nd International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR 2021). pp. 569-578. [weblink]