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10 pages, typed, with edits in pencil in Zuckerkandl's hand, musical examples and graphs, and the complete handwritten score of the prelude of Bach's BWV 1006.
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Formal analysis of the prelude from Bach's Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006. Zuckerkandl writes that, according to traditional ideas of form (e.g., sonata, rondo, etc.), the prelude is formless; however, this cannot be true because we know it is a great work of art, and all art requires form. In analyzing the form, Zuckerkandl instead views it as an elaboration of a descending line from E6 to E5, driven by three processes: a steady pulling of the descending line, an alternating rhythmic structure between strong and weak steps of the descending line, and an ongoing increase of musical forces. Through these processes, the form is developed organically. Contains minor edits to phrasing in pencil.
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ONB, Misc100_V_27