Reflections on the Relationship of Analysis and Performance

01 October 1993 discussion of the issue of hidden motivic connections between apparently contrasting themes, I will draw on a study by Roger Kamien, who points out underlying rhythmic congruities between the beginnings of the first theme and the second theme group...

Review Essay of Five Music Appreciation Textbooks

01 October 1997 by Jean Ferris. Madison, Wisconsin: Brown and Benchmark, 1995. 448 pp. ISBN 0-697-24544-6. Music: An Appreciation, by Roger Kamien. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994. xxv + 405 pp. ISBN 0-07-034819-7. Listen, by Joseph Kerman. New York: Worth, 1996. xvii +...

[i]Beethoven: The Last Decade, 1817-1827[/i], by Martin Cooper

01 October 1971 discussion of individual works is so much less successful than his examination of Beethoven's life and times. authors: Roger Kamien author_ids: 1223 authors: Roger Kamien author_ids: 1223

Approaching Musical Classicism—Understanding Styles and Style Change in Eighteenth-Century Instrumental Music

01 October 1980 I Historical/stylistic periods in music are both useful and perplexing concepts; they simultaneously clarify and hinder one's perception of a given period and a given work. Part of the difficulty arises from a general lack of agreement as to what...

A Survey of Music Anthologies

01 October 1979 of structure and style, and, where appropriate, a translation of the text. In Volume 1 of The Norton Scores series, Roger Kamien provides thirty-six selections ranging from Gregorian chant to Beethoven. This anthology begins with introductory comments...

A Re-Evaluation of Keyboard Harmony

01 October 1982 Harmony In Concept And Practice, 3rd ed. (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979), p. 251. 4Allen Brings, Charles Burkhart, Roger Kamien, Leo Kraft, and Dora Pershing, A New Approach to Keyboard Harmony (W.W. Norton, 1979), p. 42. 5Ibid. 6Idem., p. vii....