Saturday, 2:30-5:00
Room 2105

REAPPRAISING THE #IV(bV) HYPOTHESIS

Charles Smith (SUNY, Buffalo), Chair and Moderator

Matthew Brown, Douglas Dempster, and David Headlam's recent article "The #IV(bV) Hypothesis: Testing the Limits of Schenker's Theory of Tonality" analyzes eleven excerpts containing apparent direct tritone relations to tonic in order to validate Schenker's assertion that Stufen on these scale degrees cannot arise from mixtures within the major-minor tonal system. This special session will critique and reappraise the topic while chronicling further developments in this area. Following two papers by Robert Gauldin and Ian Quinn, a panel consisting of the article's authors will respond to the papers, present their ongoing research, and field questions or comments from the audience.

• A Reconsideration of the #IV(bV) Hypothesis: Instrumental Versus Vocal Music.
  Robert Gauldin (Eastman School of Music)
  
• Testing the Limits of the #IV(bV) Hypothesis.
  Ian Quinn (Eastman School of Music)
  
• Concluding Panel and Discussion

  
  Matthew Brown (Eastman School of Music)
  Douglas Dempster (Eastman School of Music)
  David Headlam (Eastman School of Music)

Program