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ThreeMethodologicalReflections
WilliamE.Caplin,JamesHepokoski,JamesWebster.EditedbyPieterBerg
PublicationYear:2010

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ThetoneofthedebatesamongCaplin,Hepokoski,andWebster(intheformofcomments
oneachauthor'sessayandthenresponsestothecomments),thoughtactful,isobliquely
bluntandtendentiouslikethebestoftennispros,eachauthorstrivestoserveanaceand
defendsthenetagainstapassingshot(withCaplin,theaceisforformalfunctionwith
HepokoskiforSonataTheoryanddialogicformwithWebsterformultivalentanalysis).But
wecantrustthatthisprovocativeexchangewillthoroughlyinvigoratediscussionsabout
classicalformandencouragediverseapproachestoitsanalysis.JanetSchmalfeldt,In
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Preface
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ThepresentvolumearosefromasymposiumonFormenlehrethattookplaceatthe6thEuropeanMusicAnalysis
Conference(EuroMAC)inFreiburg,Germany,October1014,2007.Theconferencewithinterpretationserving
asitsoverridingthemewasorganizedbytheDeutscheGesellschaftfrMusiktheorie...

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Prologue:ConsideringMusicalForm,FormsandFormenlehre
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Definingtheconceptofmusicalformisaprecariousenterprise.Manymusicologistsandtheoristshaveundertakenit
andhaveinevitablyconfrontedthequestion,whatismusicalform?Inmostcases,however,thiscentralquestiondoes
notpersistforlong....

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PartI.WilliamE.Caplin&TheTheoryOfFormalFunctions
WhatAreFormalFunctions?
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Thequestionposedinthetitleofthisessayshould,byallrights,havebeenansweredinmytreatise
ClassicalForm:ATheoryofFormalFunctionsfortheInstrumentalMusicofHaydn,Mozart,and
Beethoven.1 Yetinanumberofrespects,thisstudydidnotsufficientlyaddressthecentralconceptofmy
Formenlehre....

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WhilethepracticeofSonataTheoryresonatesinsomesubstantialwayswithWilliamE.Caplins
formfunctionaltheory,therearealsoanumberoffoundationalareasinwhichtheseapproachesdiverge
markedly.Someoftheseconceptualdivergenceshavefarreachingconsequences,andinthisreplyit
wouldmisrepresenttheissuestodownplaythem....

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ClassicalForm.Manyoftheprinciplesandmethodsexpoundedareilluminating.Theseincludehis
analyticalmultivalence,hisdistinctionbetweentightandlooseconstruction,...

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Ithankmycolleaguesfortheirthoughtfulandseriouscommentaries.Theirremarkshighlightcrucialissues
facingthecontemporaryFormenlehreandaffordmetheopportunityofclarifyingandelaboratingsomeof
thepositionsthatIstakedoutinmyopeningessay....

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PartII.JamesHepokoski&TheConceptOfDialogicForm
SonataTheoryandDialogicForm
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TheanalyticalprocedurethatwecallSonataTheoryrethinksseveralpostulatesoftraditionalmusic
analysis.1 Whileitadoptstheprecisionlanguageofcurrentmusictheory,itsreprocessingofcore
analyticalissuesisalsoinformedbybroaderworkinliterarycriticismandphilosophy:...

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Inhisessay,JamesHepokoskimakesapersuasivecasethathispreferredanalyticalmethodology
dialogicformofferssignificantadvantagesoverearlierprocedures,suchastheconformationaland
generativeapproachesidentifiedbyMarkEvanBonds[>72].1 ...

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Egmont.The(unfortunatelynamed)sonataprinciplewasintroducedbyEdwardT.Conein1968
importantstatementsmadeinakeyotherthanthetonicmusteitherberestatedinthetonic,orbrought
intoacloserrelationwiththetonic,beforethemovementendsandrapidlybecameananalyticalcritical
commonplace,...

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WilliamE.CaplinscommentsonmyessaySonataTheoryandDialogicFormreaffirmhisbeliefinthe
priorityofformalfunctionsoverformaltypes.Hisdiscussionsofthethreeoverturesinquestion,though
particularlythatofIdomeneofailtodemonstratethepersuasivenessofsuchastyleofanalysis....

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PartIII.JamesWebster&TheConceptOfMultivalentAnalysis
FormenlehreinTheoryandPractice
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Duringthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury,theoriesofmusicalformwerebyandlargeconsidered
passinEnglishspeakingcountries,whetherbySchenkerians(especiallyorthodoxSchenkerians),who
believedthattheyhadovercomebadoldanalyticalandtheoreticaltraditionsorbypostmodernwriters,...

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TheessaybyJamesWebsterraisessignificantissuesforthetheoryandanalysisofmusicalform.His
advocacyofamultivalentanalyticalapproachhasproveninsightfulnotonlyforthetwoworksthathe
analyzesthere,butthroughouthisnumerouswritingsonclassicalandromanticmusic....

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JamesWebstersoutlineoftheissuessurroundingtheconceptofFormenlehreanditsrecentrevivalshas
muchtocommendit,andhebringsbothagenerouswealthofexperienceandagreatdealofcommon
sensetothetableinhisdiscussion.Thereismuchinthisessayparticularlyhissensitiveoverviewinits
initialpageswithwhichIagree....

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WilliamE.Caplinstatesatthebeginningofhisresponsethatwhile[Websters]titleincludestheword
theory,itscontentslargelyconcernanalysis[>140].Thisappearstobracketmyentirefirst(andindeed
longer)part,devotedtoasurveyofgeneralnotionsofformandFormenlehre,includingrelatedconcepts
suchasstructurevs.process...

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Epilogue:TheFutureofFormenlehre
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Themainobjectiveofthepresentvolumewastoconfrontdifferenttheoriesandmethodologiesofmusical
form.ThethreeauthorsinvitedtoparticipateinthisdiscussionWilliamE.Caplin,JamesHepokoskiand
JamesWebsterwererequestedfirsttopresenttheirownfundamentalpositionsonthesubject,thento
critiquetheviewpointsoftheircolleagues,...

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AbouttheAuthors
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WilliamCaplinisJamesMcGillProfessorofMusicTheoryintheSchulichSchoolofMusic,McGillUniversity(Montreal,
Canada).Hisextensiveinvestigationsintoformalproceduresoflateeighteenthcenturymusicculminatedinthe1998
bookClassicalForm:ATheoryofFormalFunctionsfortheInstrumentalMusicofHaydn,Mozart,andBeethoven...

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