Tonality and Transformation

Tonality and Transformation employs transformational music theory to illuminate diverse aspects of tonal hearing-from the infusion of sounding pitches with familiar tonal qualities to sensations of directedness and attraction.

Steven Rings is Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago.

Note to Readers
A Note on Orthography
Introduction
Part I: Theory and Methodology
Chapter 1: Intervals, Transformations, and Tonal Analysis
Chapter 2: A Tonal GIS
Chapter 3: Oriented Networks
Part II: Analytical Essays
Chapter 4: Bach, Fugue in E major, Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, BWV 878
Chapter 5: Mozart, "Un'aura amorosa," from Così fan tutte
Chapter 6: Brahms, Intermezzo in A major, op. 118, no. 2
Chapter 7: Brahms, String Quintet in G major, mvt. ii, Adagio
Glossary
Works Cited
Index