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

With an inventive and expertly developed theory, eye-opening analyses, and a lively, wide-ranging exposition, Rings makes the most compelling case yet for the application of transformational techniques to the study of tonal music.

• 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 Cosi 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

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

With an inventive and expertly developed theory, eye-opening analyses, and a lively, wide-ranging exposition, Rings makes the most compelling case yet for the application of transformational techniques to the study of tonal music.

• 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 Cosi 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

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

With an inventive and expertly developed theory, eye-opening analyses, and a lively, wide-ranging exposition, Rings makes the most compelling case yet for the application of transformational techniques to the study of tonal music.

• 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 Cosi 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