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He even admitted his was an inelegant analysis, and I felt vindicated in my decision. One of the professors showed me his own Schenker analysis of the piece, and it was a bendy, twisty mess. At my orals, I showed my notes and why I rejected Schenker. I eventually abandoned it and went with Riemann, and that worked much better. I of course began with Schenker, but I just felt like I was doing far too much shoehorning for it to be convincing. Part of my theory comps was to write a brief analysis of a short Chopin prelude. Of course, only a tiny sliver of human music fits his "ideal," and, gee, all that music was written by white European men. It became real apparent quickly how uselessly dogmatic he was, and if music didn't fit his system, it was the music that was wrong. I had the misfortune of getting my PhD (composition, music theory as a supporting area) at a school that was super into Schenker. Of course this was always focused on western art music, with little regard for folk music and no regard whatsoever for music of the rest of human civilization. So much of music theory history is tied up in some weird pseudo-spiritual nonsense, and because a whole bunch of white dudes got into it during the Enlightenment, it seems like everyone was searching for the One Universal System by which all music can be dissected. hope this is of interest to some farkers :) And it follows on how dominant power structures (language, music, laws, culture, etc) dictate the narrative. Yeah, it's a deep dive but worth a listen. those who win write the history) give Adam Neely's take on Western Music. I know this discussion is about CRT, but if you are interested in 'power dynamics' (ie.
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