Contributors

Abstract

eytan agmon, Professor of Music Theory at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, specializes in the theory and analysis of tonal music, a rubric that includes Schenkerian analysis, rhythm, harmony, chromaticism, music and text, and cognitive and mathematical aspects of the tonal system. His 2013 Springer book, The Languages of Western Tonality, sums up three decades of research initiated by his 1986 CUNY doctoral thesis. Recent activities include publications on the music of Chopin and a series of lectures on the music of J. S. Bach. In fall 2020, Professor Agmon presented “‘Aus Mozart gestohlen’: Beethoven and Die Entführung aus dem Serail” in “Reframing Beethoven,” an international conference hosted by the Boston University Center for Beethoven Research celebrating the composer’s 250th anniversary.