{"id":7721,"date":"2023-03-18T23:22:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T23:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/?page_id=7721"},"modified":"2023-05-31T00:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T00:36:41","slug":"rabinovitch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagining Faur\u00e9\u2019s Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/x-mathjax-config\">\nMathJax.Hub.Config({\nmessageStyle: \"none\"\n});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gilad Rabinovitch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This article explores the nexus of analysis and recomposition in engaging Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic ambiguity. I argue that Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony can be partially explained through the traditional model of the Rule of the Octave (RO), vestiges of which were still present in the partimento training of nineteenth-century French musicians (Cafiero 2007; Gjerdingen 2020, 2021). I claim that Faur\u00e9 manipulates segments of the traditional RO in idiosyncratic ways, which partially explains his ambiguous harmonies (cf. Lewin 1986; Smith 1986; Agawu 1994; Hyer 1996; Smith 1997). Along with musical analyses, I employ recomposition (Holtmeier 2002; BaileyShea 2007; O\u2019Hara 2017), which helps to articulate aspects of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic usage. Recomposition is thus no longer just a conventional foil against which the original is pitted; rather, it is an opportunity to test our evolving understanding of Faur\u00e9\u2019s idiom (Tait 1989; Greer 1991; Phillips 1993; Johansen 1999; Sobaskie 1999; Caron 2002; Pau 2016; Rings 2021).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/36-rabinovitch\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8937\">View PDF<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7648\">Return to Volume 36<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords and phrases: <\/strong>Gabriel Faur\u00e9; Rule of the Octave; harmonic ambiguity; recomposition; model composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe understand and appreciate a work not only in terms of the possibilities and probabilities actually realized, but in terms of our sense of what might have occurred in a specific compositional context: that is, in terms of the work\u2019s implied structure.\u201d (Meyer 1989, 32)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. <strong>Recomposition Vignette: Comparing Two Types of Recomposition<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Example 1a presents an unusual sequence taken from Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s Nocturne No. 5 for piano in B$$\\flat$$ major, op. 37. This passage does not appear after a literal double bar, but the preceding materials are an exact repetition of a phrase that is notated twice. Therefore, this passage <em>sounds<\/em> as if it comes immediately after a first double bar within binary form. This is the prototypical position for Joseph Riepel\u2019s and Robert Gjerdingen\u2019s Fonte, Monte, and Ponte (Gjerdingen 2007). In this case, a highly unusual descending Fonte sequence is used. The recomposition in Example 1b shows a path not taken, with which Faur\u00e9\u2019s music is in dialogue\u2014a simple sequence moving from tonicized ii to the home key.<span id='easy-footnote-1-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-7721' title='Though the context is considerably different, my usage of \u201cin dialogue\u201d follows Hepokoski and Darcy (2006).'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Projecting Faur\u00e9\u2019s music into a simpler framework helps us appreciate his manipulation of norms still relevant to listening to this passage. In the actual piece (Example 1a), the melody initially suggests a transposition down by a half step, yet the harmonic sequence descends by a major third. While it is difficult to discern chordal qualities with so much inner-voice contrapuntal motion, both m. 19 and m. 24 seem to outline a half-diminished seventh chordal quality: A$$\\flat$$\u2013C\u2013D\u2013F and B$$\\flat$$\u2013D$$\\flat$$\u2013F$$\\flat$$\u2013A$$\\flat$$. In nineteenth-century usage, a half-diminished seventh chord likely usually functions as ii<sup>7<\/sup> or vii<sup>7<\/sup> respective to a local tonic: in Faur\u00e9\u2019s functional progressions, this sonority is typically used as vii<sup>7<\/sup>\/V, ii<sup>7<\/sup>, or vii<sup>7<\/sup> (Tait 1989, 28\u201329).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By outlining a similar chordal quality, Faur\u00e9 creates a harmonic parallelism that is undermined by the asymmetrical bass segments: A$$\\flat$$\u2013G\u2013C in the first part of the Fonte is answered by B$$\\flat$$\u2013E$$\\flat$$\u2013A$$\\flat$$ in its second part. If we want to understand Faur\u00e9\u2019s dialogue with preceding musical norms, the juxtaposition of Examples 1a and 1b is useful. But if our goal is to understand the particularities of Faur\u00e9\u2019s idiolect, Example 1b leads us astray: it is unlikely that Faur\u00e9 would have written such a bland passage that does not have even a single subverted harmonic implication. Though Example 1b is analytically useful, it does not contribute directly to describing Faur\u00e9\u2019s idiom. The rest of the recompositions in this article are style-bound: I attempt to reimagine musical phrases that represent paths not taken in Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic language. Of course, I do not claim that my reimaginings are just as Faur\u00e9 would have recomposed them; I simply believe that this is a productive way to engage Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony and our evolving understanding of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-1a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8254\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-scaled.jpg 2072w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-829x1024.jpg 829w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-768x949.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-1243x1536.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1A-1658x2048.jpg 1658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 1a. Faur\u00e9, Nocturne No. 5 in B$$\\flat$$ Major, op. 37, mm. 19\u201328<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-1a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 1a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-1b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8256\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-scaled.jpg 2229w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-892x1024.jpg 892w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-768x882.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-1337x1536.jpg 1337w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-1B-1783x2048.jpg 1783w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 1b. Recomposition of Faur\u00e9\u2019s passage as a ii\u2013I Fonte sequence<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-1b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 1b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Let us now turn to a reimagined version of a brief passage by Faur\u00e9, which, unlike Example 1b, does aim to emulate the composer\u2019s idiolect. Example 2a presents a passage from the \u201cLibera me\u201d of Faur\u00e9\u2019s <em>Requiem<\/em>, op. 48, which ends on a Faur\u00e9-style ii$$^{6}_{5}$$\u00ad\u2013I plagal cadence in A minor (with a Picardy third).<span id='easy-footnote-2-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-7721' title='Of course, the A-major quality of m. 17 makes it sound also like a dominant of the home key of D minor, yet this is a formulaic plagal cadence in the composer\u2019s style. Regarding the Faur\u00e9-style cadence that can be described as ii$$^{6}_{5}$$\u2013I, with or without a melodic lower neighbor $$\\flat\\hat{7}$$, see, e.g., Caron (2002, 56\u201357), Eng (2012, 177, figure 80), and Gjerdingen (2021, 75\u201377). Indeed, Caron refers to this cadence as \u201cthe so-called Faur\u00e9-style cadence\u201d (in the original: \u201cLa cadence dite \u2018\u00e0 la Faur\u00e9\u2019\u201d). For a dualist derivation of this cadence, see Pau (2016, 84, example 2). To give just two examples for this type of cadence beyond those featured in my article, see m. 4 as well as the final cadence from Faur\u00e9\u2019s \u201cSanctus\u201d in his &lt;em&gt;Messe basse&lt;\/em&gt; and m. 3 of the Nocturne No. 12, in which a ii$$^{6}_{5}$$\u2013i resolution at the end of a Romanesca sequence creates tonal clarity before an unusual bass $$\\flat\\hat{5}$$.'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In contrast, recomposed Example 2b cadences in F major. Example 2b exploits Faur\u00e9\u2019s tendency to be discussed below to use $$^{5}_{3}$$ and $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonorities on a bass note (often $$\\hat{5}$$) interchangeably: the A-minor sonority in m. 15 is thus reinterpreted as \u201cIII<sup>6<\/sup>\u201d of F major. Of course, the unusual sixth above the bass resolves contrapuntally and leads to a tonally clearer V<sup>7<\/sup> sonority. The contrast between the style-bound recomposition of Example 2b and the generic Example 1b is clear: while Example 2b attempts to emulate Faur\u00e9\u2019s style, Example 1b makes an analytical point by alluding to broader common-practice norms.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-2a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2A-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8257\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2A-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2A-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2A-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2A-1536x1231.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2A-2048x1642.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 2a. \u201cLibera me\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, op. 48, mm. 10\u201318<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-2a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 2a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-2b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8258\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B.jpg 2332w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-2B-2048x1577.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 2b. Recomposition of mm. 10\u201318, cadencing in F major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-2b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 2b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>I will argue below that the Rule of the Octave (henceforth: RO), a traditional model for bass scale harmonization, explains parts of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic usage, though with important modifications and play upon it.<span id='easy-footnote-3-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-7721' title='For an introduction to the RO, see Christensen (1992). See also Gjerdingen\u2019s (2020, 306\u2013309) discussion of the relevance of the RO to Ravel\u2019s ways of conceptualizing the harmonies of one of his &lt;em&gt;Valses nobles et sentimentales&lt;\/em&gt;, and Gjerdingen (2021, esp. 63\u201365, 72\u201373) regarding the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer-Faur\u00e9-RO connection. These connections leave much to unpack and speculate on, and the present article represents one step in this process.'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Faur\u00e9 veils this template, among other ways, by conflating $$^{6}_{3}$$ and $$^{5}_{3}$$ sonorities with one another in positions across the bass scale where the other sonority is expected. This is part of Faur\u00e9\u2019s broader tendency to take traditional bass patterns and play upon them through unusual upper voices. For now, let us observe that in Example 2a, mm. 13\u201316 are plausibly the scale segment $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$ in A minor, with $$\\hat{1}$$ carrying an unusual $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonority and $$\\hat{4}$$ carrying a typical \u00f8$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority; in the recomposed Example 2b, mm. 11\u201316 are plausibly $$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\sharp\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$ in F major, with $$\\hat{5}$$ initially carrying a disorienting $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonority. This foretaste of my analysis and argumentation suggests that I will be attuned to bass patterns, upper-voice structures, and the tonal implications of the RO.<\/p>\n<p>Several background discussions are necessary in order to tie together the strands of this article. The next section situates my position on analytical recomposition within the literature on this technique. I then move on to engage sources on harmonic ambiguity in general and the Anglo-American music-analytical literature on Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony in particular. In the following sections, I demonstrate at length how Faur\u00e9\u2019s ambiguity can be conceptualized (and alternative paths recomposed) through adaptations to the traditional RO. This is not only a practical model for harmonizing bass scale segments, but also a historical tool for conceptualizing tonal shifts (Byros 2009, 2012; cf. Lester 1992). Though Faur\u00e9\u2019s early training at the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer is somewhat shrouded in mystery\u2014it is unclear if practical partimenti methods adopted at the Paris Conservatory (including the RO) were also in use at the \u00c9cole\u2014I show that the RO (with significant modifications) explains some aspects of the composer\u2019s harmonic usage. I incorporate several short examples and two vignettes, which focus on the Fantasy for Flute and Piano and the \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, demonstrating how the RO and its creative potentials can elucidate aspects of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony; recomposition is thus no longer a straw man against which the musical text is set in relief, but rather an opportunity to test our evolving understanding. I revisit Richard Cohn\u2019s analysis of the \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie,\u201d which offers a chromatic explanation of a challenging passage through the nexus of an augmented triad; as I demonstrate, the RO and its manipulations offer a diatonic lens that complements Cohn\u2019s perspective. Finally, I offer Debussy-Faur\u00e9 mashup fragments based on Claude Debussy\u2019s \u201cClair de lune\u201d from the <em>Suite bergamasque<\/em> and reflect on potential echoes of Faur\u00e9 in one of Erik Satie\u2019s <em>Gymnop\u00e9dies<\/em>. Thus, I demonstrate how well-known pieces can be reheard or reimagined through the sieve of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony. My general goal is to engage certain aspects of the composer\u2019s harmony through analysis and recomposition, yet I should emphasize that I am not in a position to provide a formal statistical account of his harmonic usage; I have relied here on my intuitions formed through several years of studying the composer\u2019s style and works, but the RO is certainly only one template among many that he used.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Recomposing Faur\u00e9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>In the opening vignette above, I presented two types of recomposition: the first type is attuned to underlying musical norms with which Faur\u00e9 is in dialogue, but not to the composer\u2019s harmonic idiolect, while the second is style-bound, actively attempting to emulate the composer\u2019s harmonic usage. The remaining recompositions in this article follow the latter approach: I am interested in finding synergies between music analysis, recomposition, and model composition in order to achieve greater clarity regarding Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic usage. In this way, theoretical descriptions of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic style can be tested \u201chands-on\u201d via a brief recomposition; the process of recomposing may potentially lead to new explanations or, at the very least, to articulating some of the intuitions involved in creating music in a historical style, even if they are not ready yet to be systematized. Indeed, certain aspects of my recompositions, such as the usage of pedal points, were done intuitively without theorizing, but with the goal of emulating the composter\u2019s style. Other aspects\u2014related to the RO\u2014are more clearly theorized at this stage of my ongoing research on the composer.<\/p>\n<p>William O\u2019Hara (2017, 56) proposes five general types of recomposition (Table 1): <em>corrective<\/em> recomposition, which proposes a \u201ccorrection\u201d to the actual score which the analyst finds flawed; <em>model <\/em>recomposition (not to be confused with my style-bound recomposition), which is when the analyst changes the musical surface in order to bring it closer to a presumed underlying model; <em>theory building<\/em>, which is when the recomposition serves as \u201cevidence\u201d for an explanatory system; <em>analytical<\/em> recomposition, or when recomposition itself serves as an analysis of music through music; and <em>perceptual\/cognitive\/phenomenological<\/em> recomposition, which is when the recomposition serves an argument about how the piece is perceived, processed, or experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><em>Corrective<\/em><\/td><td>Proposing a more \u201ccorrect\u201d way that a piece of music should have gone<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Model recomposition<\/em><\/td><td>Recomposing a piece to bring it into closer alignment with an underlying model<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Theory-building<\/em><\/td><td>Recomposing a piece in order to use it as theoretical \u201cevidence\u201d<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Analytical<\/em><\/td><td>Recomposition as a form of non-verbal analysis<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Perceptual\/cognitive\/phenomenological<\/em><\/td><td>Recomposition as an argument about how a piece of music is perceived, processed, or otherwise experienced<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>&nbsp;Table 1. Types of analytical recomposition (from O\u2019Hara 2017, 56)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Example 1b belongs to O\u2019Hara\u2019s category of \u201cmodel recomposition\u201d in the sense that it fits the composer\u2019s unusual passage into a mold with which Faur\u00e9 is in dialogue. Most of my recompositions can also be said to have a cognitive (or at least experiential) motivation: they set into relief harmonic implications not realized. Since I propose that the RO might be an explanatory model for aspects of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony, one might say that my recompositions also serve theory building. In all these ways, my recompositions follow well-trodden paths and blend some of O\u2019Hara\u2019s categories. Yet I would like to argue that a synergy of analysis, recomposition, and model composition can\u2014and should\u2014become a testing ground for our evolving understanding of an idiom, Faur\u00e9\u2019s or otherwise. If our analytical tools are effective descriptors of musical styles, they ought to help us compose in them; conversely, composing in historical styles may articulate aspects of musical usage that might otherwise go unnoticed.<span id='easy-footnote-4-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-7721' title='Scholars of a more formal orientation have already shown that pedagogical prescriptions for voice-leading or counterpoint capture underlying principles and regularities in musical styles. For instance, Huron (2001) discusses the connections between traditional principles of part-writing and research in music cognition; Mavromatis (2012) compares traditional pedagogies of Renaissance-style counterpoint with a formal probabilistic model that captures the rhythmic aspect of Palestrina\u2019s works. Though my article is far from a formal corpus study of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic usage, I hope that it can be a step toward modeling the composer\u2019s style\u2014analytically, creatively, or in more systematic studies.'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This synergy is not commonly applied in music theory and analysis: analyses are generally presented as descriptive or explanatory statements without an attempt to reverse-engineer them as creative tools.<\/p>\n<p>Another important influence on this inquiry is Ludwig Holtmeier\u2019s (2002) article \u201cReconstructing Mozart.\u201d Holtmeier describes an analytical and recompositional tradition practiced in German conservatories in which a passage is creatively manipulated to make sense of it, articulating musical and analytical intuitions. I am also inspired by Marc Hannaford\u2019s (2019, 2020) engagement of free improvisation, which draws on his practical experience as an improvising musician: by stopping a recorded improvisation and continuing with an improvised gesture of his own, he speculates on unrealized potentials. He writes that his responses help to gain \u201ca more robust understanding of the actual [improvised] response by considering its similarities and differences to other, hypothetical responses\u201d (2019, 82). Further, he notes that \u201cboth Cook [1987] and BaileyShea emphasize that recomposition is a process of weighing alternatives\u2014in ecological terms these theorists describe recomposition as an exploration of musical materials\u2019 multiple affordances\u201d (2019, 83). Hannaford works in free improvisation where harmonic constraints are looser, yet his notion of finding ecologically valid responses is useful here. If my recomposition attempts are on the right track, then they reflect some harmonic constraints of Faur\u00e9\u2019s style.<\/p>\n<p>There are additional relevant precedents for my project. Vasili Byros (2015) composes a prelude in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach, demonstrating how historical pedagogies and present-day model composition help reconstruct stages of the creative process. Matthew BaileyShea (2007) creates a hybrid version of several settings of a poem by Goethe: his mashup reveals intertextual links among the settings, contributing to our explicit understanding of the connections between them. My concluding Faur\u00e9\u2013Debussy mashup fragments are inspired by BaileyShea, passing an early Debussy piece through the sieve of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony. Of course, Peter Schubert\u2019s important work on the Renaissance style (e.g., 2008, 2011, 2020) engages historical notations and treatises both analytically and creatively through model composition and improvisation.<span id='easy-footnote-5-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-7721' title='The value of (re)composition has also been explored in recent contributions to the pedagogy of music theory: see Hoag (2013), Rogers (2013), Johnson (2014), Aziz (2015), and Hogrefe (2020).'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Faur\u00e9\u2019s Harmonic Ambiguity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Faur\u00e9\u2019s enigmatic harmonic language has already been treated in some insightful music-analytical studies, which are generally focused on analysis rather than composition or recomposition. Taylor Greer (1991), Edward Phillips (1993), and James Sobaskie (1999) employ Schenkerian theory to analyze Faur\u00e9\u2019s technique. Sobaskie (1999) claims that the principle of <em>allusion<\/em> is central to the composer\u2019s works: this manifests itself, inter alia, through allusions to modality and through veiled references to keys other than the tonic. In contrast to these Schenkerian analyses, my inquiry resonates more strongly with studies that explore the composer\u2019s work closer to the surface, where I believe its harmonic charm lies. Thus, Ken Johansen (1999) discusses Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic ambiguity and the multiple tonal implications of chords from a functional-chordal perspective; Sylvain Caron (2002) describes the composer\u2019s harmonic usage in service of model composition (<em>\u00c9criture<\/em> in French-language curricula). Though Caron frames his inquiry as background for model composition, he discusses the latter activity only in general terms (2002, 48\u201349, 73\u201375) without providing passages composed by his students or himself that might show how his analyses serve that goal. I will return below to Caron\u2019s analysis of Nocturne No. 6, in which he shows how the musical surface is a complex reaction to a conventional bass formula. Andrew Pau (2016) discusses plagal systems in the songs of Faur\u00e9 and Henri Duparc: given the influence of Hugo Riemann\u2019s dualist harmonic theories in France\u2014mediated by Vincent d\u2019Indy, a friend of both Faur\u00e9\u2019s and Duparc\u2019s\u2014Pau provides an analytical exploration of songs by the two composers. Among other techniques, Pau shows tonic expansions involving plagal sonorities as well as deeper structural manifestations of a dualist T\u2013D\u2013S\u2013T model. Pau notes the paucity of French-language examples in Daniel Harrison\u2019s (1994) revival of harmonic dualism and argues that the songs of Faur\u00e9 and Duparc are a fertile ground for this approach. In analyzing Faur\u00e9\u2019s Nocturne No. 4 below, I will borrow some dualist notions to explain the function of an elusive chord. I should stress, however, that my usage of the term \u201cplagal cadence\u201d refers to $$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ bass motion, often harmonized according to the RO, rather than to particular details of the dualist apparatus, say, T\u2013D\u2013S\u2013T functional cycles or Harrison\u2019s decomposition of chords into functional scale degrees.<\/p>\n<p>In discussing Examples 2a and 2b above, I have observed that Faur\u00e9 tends to use $$^{5}_{3}$$ and $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonorities interchangeably, at times where the other sonority would have been expected. In applying these ideas to Faur\u00e9, I am indebted to Peter Smith\u2019s analyses of music by Johannes Brahms and others. Smith (1997) discusses ambiguous $$^{6}_{3}$$ chords in Brahms, whether they are derived from $$^{5\u20136}$$ contrapuntal motion, serve a harmonic function, or can be understood through both lenses. My reasoning also echoes Smith\u2019s discussion of the second movement of Franz Schubert\u2019s Sonata in A Major, D. 664 (not shown), in which the opening D\u2013F$$\\sharp$$\u2013B sonority is not only a $$^{6}_{3}$$ contrapuntal displacement of the opening $$^{5}_{3}$$ tonic (or $$^{6}_{3}$$\u2013$$^{5}_{3}$$), but also sows the seeds for future emphasis on B (Smith 2000, 6\u201313). Regarding the opening of Brahms\u2019s Intermezzo in E Minor, op. 119, no. 2 (not shown), Steven Rings writes that \u201cthe Roman numeral hearing also has an off-balance quality, in which the C six-three chord is a displacement of an E-minor five-three\u201d (2011, 131). Without getting into the thicket of Rings\u2019s multi-faceted approach, I would like to point out that from the present angle, Brahms\u2019s piece opens with a recognizable $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ bass schema, which remains noticeable despite the unusual $$^{6}_{3}$$ above $$\\hat{1}$$.<span id='easy-footnote-6-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-7721' title='Of course, this observation is very much related to Rings\u2019s functional reading of the passage (132, figure 3.17a)\u2014my entry point here is simply that of bass scale-degree patterns rather than the various technologies that Rings uses.'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Though I do not share the theoretical apparatuses of Smith or Rings, my discussions of ambiguities associated with $$^{5}_{3}$$ and $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonorities are indebted to theirs. I refer below to $$^{6}_{3}$$ where $$^{5}_{3}$$ is expected as a \u201c$$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution\u201d even if it is resolved contrapuntally, due to the striking tonal effect of this sonority, of which Faur\u00e9 is so fond: I believe that the disorienting tonal impression created by a $$^{6}_{3}$$ where a $$^{5}_{3}$$ is expected is crucial to the composer\u2019s harmonic usage.<\/p>\n<p>My article is also in dialogue with additional inquiries on harmonic ambiguity (Smith 1986; Lewin 1986; Agawu 1994; Hyer 1996). Let us look at a quotation from Lewin, who writes: \u201cAccording to Husserl\u2019s theory, what I am perceiving\u2014let us call it Perception(a)\u2014is a hugely complex network of things, things including other perceptions, their relations among themselves, and their relations to Perception(a) itself\u201d (1986, 332). Lewin\u2019s perceptions at individual timepoints are not only hyper-local phenomena but are also related to tonal schemata like the PAC or \u201cDeceptive Cadence\u201d progressions (see his examples in 1986, 331). Lewin suggests to \u201cmistrust anything that tells you not to explore an aural impression you have once formed,\u201d (359\u2013360). Rephrasing this dictum from the present angle, one might say: \u201cmistrust anything that tells you not to reimagine the music as it could have been\u201d as part of the back-and-forth of analysis and practice.<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Agawu (1994) is more skeptical of harmonic ambiguity than Lewin. He argues that passages generally cease to be ambiguous once a context is taken into account (86). Moreover, he argues that ambiguous tonal passages generally follow an \u201cirreversible ambiguity-to-clarity order\u201d (91): this is a valid generalization for much common-practice music, but it does not apply so strongly to Faur\u00e9. The fact that Agawu thinks it inappropriate to interpret the first chord of Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 1 as a German chord but discusses the V<sup>7<\/sup> vs. Ger+6 ambiguity in a song from Robert Schumann\u2019s <em>Dichterliebe<\/em> (89\u201392) implies that he interprets harmonic ambiguity based on composers\u2019 individual usage, not only on broad common-practice norms. Agawu writes:<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The \u201cI do not know\u201d type of ambiguity is a weak kind, one that need not detain us here so long as ours is a theory-based context. Ambiguity in the stronger sense is a product of <em>both<\/em> prospective and retrospective views. After several hearings, I know (of course) what happens to the opening chord, but I might still choose to model a hearing in which the dual meaning of the opening chord plays an important part. I might argue that the richness of the experience derives not from not knowing what the resolution of the opening chord is going to be but from self-consciously enacting a state of harmonic ignorance, from temporarily unknowing what I already know. (1994, 93)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Faur\u00e9\u2019s elusive harmony represents a strong kind of ambiguity, one in which (especially) <em>prospective<\/em> implications are constantly thwarted. As Rings writes, after the works of philosopher-musicologist Vladimir Jank\u00e9l\u00e9vitch, \u201cthis music becomes <em>more<\/em> elusive, not less, the closer we listen\u201d (2021, 236). Thus, in Example 3a at the first asterisk, an augmented triad fails to provide us a clear i or V chord in B minor; at the second asterisk, a French augmented sixth chord implies either E minor or B minor (but does not really resolve the ambiguity); the cadence that appears to be in E minor (at the third asterisk) does not give us a clear tonic or dominant in that key (Rings 2021, 244).<span id='easy-footnote-7-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-7721' title='Caron (2002, 64) argues that this passage should be explained as a combination of contrapuntal lines in motion rather than as a chord progression. While this observation has merit, I believe that the harmonic implications discussed by Rings are highly relevant to our experience.'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This passage is an apt demonstration for the ways in which Faur\u00e9\u2019s ambiguities linger on rather than progressing in Agawu\u2019s \u201cambiguity-to-clarity\u201d order.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-3a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3a.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8262\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3a.png 2036w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3a-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3a-1024x306.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3a-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3a-1536x459.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 3a. Nocturne No. 13, op. 119, mm. 1\u20134, after Rings (2021, 242, example 10.4c)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-3a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 3a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-3b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3b.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8263\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3b.png 1868w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3b-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3b-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3b-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-3b-1536x589.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 3b. My recomposition of Faur\u00e9\u2019s passage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-3b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>My recomposition in Example 3b completes one of the tonal schemata that Rings invokes by embedding the French augmented sixth chord within a more predictable context despite the unusual subsequent modal coloring and missing leading tone. In other words, I realize a prospective implication in a more schematic manner in comparison to Faur\u00e9\u2019s passage. Despite the neo-Renaissance style of this passage, the local tonal schema \u201caugmented-sixth resolution\u201d is still relevant to our experience of it.<span id='easy-footnote-8-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-8-7721' title='Compare these notions to David Huron\u2019s observation that \u201cWagner\u2019s harmonic practice relies on those elements of Western music that are the most clich\u00e9d and so the most evocative. . . . In using cadential formulas like the German sixth followed by the tonic 6\u20134 followed by the dominant [Huron refers here to the resolution of a cadential 6-4 chord], Wagner regularly taps into second- and higher-order probabilities that would have been highly familiar to his nineteenth-century European audience. The phenomenal experiences evoked by Wagner\u2019s music are closely linked to his use of statistical patterns of tendency, while avoiding the statistical patterns related to repose or closure\u201d (2006, 338\u2013339). Though Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic surface often differs from Wagner\u2019s, it similarly relies on tonal expectations associated with specific harmonic formulas and individual chordal qualities.'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>In a discussion of harmonic ambiguity and \u201csecond immediacies\u201d in the opening of Beethoven\u2019s <em>Eroica<\/em>, Brian Hyer (1996, 81) finds the hearing of a shift to G minor\u2014as suggested in a review by one of Beethoven\u2019s contemporaries\u2014to be unpersuasive. Byros (2012) takes an alternative approach by surveying reactions to and analyses of Beethoven\u2019s opening passage, including the review discussed by Hyer: his survey suggests that, over time, analysts and critics have tended to hear mm. 7\u201310 more monotonally in E$$\\flat$$ major rather than G minor. Byros claims that the \u201cle-sol-fi-sol\u201d schema suggested to historical listeners the G-minor hearing, whereas the more monotonal E$$\\flat$$-major hearing of this passage relates to the \u201ccommon-tone diminished seventh\u201d schema, which was in vogue later in the nineteenth century. In other words, Byros believes that the more monotonal hearings are anachronistic, based on the enculturation of listeners who had less exposure to the \u201cle-sol-fi-sol\u201d schema and more exposure to the \u201ccommon-tone diminished seventh\u201d schema. Byros\u2019s elegant reasoning reminds us that the perception of tonality relies on the recognition of conventional tonal schemata: as we shall see later, the RO was also a historical model for conceptualizing tonal shifts in ways that seem highly localized to us given our present-day monotonal understanding (Byros 2009, 2012). I will not attempt here to track diachronic change in harmonic usage patterns as Byros does: my underlying assumption is that common-practice norms, including those encapsulated in the RO, are still relevant to our experience of Faur\u00e9\u2019s music.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-4\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8265\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-4.jpg 1912w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-4-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-4-1024x803.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-4-768x603.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-4-1536x1205.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 4. After Bl\u00e4ttler\u2019s (2017) example 1, the ending of Maurice Ravel\u2019s <em>L\u2019enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-4.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>In discussing the final cadence of Maurice Ravel\u2019s <em>L\u2019enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges<\/em> (Example 4), Damian Bl\u00e4ttler (2017, [1]) contrasts the clear functional dominant-tonic resolution of the bass motion with the non-traditional nature of the upper voices.<span id='easy-footnote-9-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-9-7721' title='Compare this also to Harrison\u2019s (1994, 66) statement that \u201cA $$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ [bass] motion from a diminished $$^{4}_{3}$$ chord, for instance, clearly works out a plagal cadence,\u201d as he demonstrates with an excerpt from Richard Strauss\u2019s Piano Quartet, op. 13. I cannot do justice here to Harrison\u2019s complex treatment of diminished seventh chords but would like to emphasize from my present angle the importance of this bass pattern for recognizing a salient plagal cadence.'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> While Bl\u00e4ttler does not use the word \u201cschema,\u201d he asserts, after Gjerdingen (2007, 16\u201319), that \u201cone of the aims of music theory is to describe how musical structures relate to shared cultural assumptions between audiences and producers\u201d (2017, [43]). Though his upper-voice structures are more traditional than those of Ravel, Faur\u00e9 tends to use the \u201cwrong\u201d triads or seventh chords above conventional tonal bass schemata. The opening of Nocturne No. 6 (Example 5) will be discussed below at length. At present, let us observe that its first three measures contain a simple tonal bass schema: $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$, which is matched with highly disorienting upper voices. Caron (2002, 59, example 11) proposes a hypothetical harmonization, I\u2013V\u2013IV<sup>6<\/sup>\u2013V<sup>6<\/sup>\u2013I\u2013IV\u2013V<sup>7<\/sup>\u2013I, as a simpler underlying model suggested by the bass. It is as if Faur\u00e9\u2019s musical surface is an unusual reharmonization of a simple tonal bass schema. In Example 5, I have highlighted through boxes those chords on $$\\hat{5}$$ that Caron annotates as \u201ciii\u201d chords, a point to which I will return below.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8266\" width=\"512\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5.jpg 2288w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-5-2048x1117.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 5. After Caron (2002, 59, example 12), opening of Nocturne No. 6: instances of \u201ciii\u201d in Caron\u2019s analysis boxed in my recasting of his example<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-5.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-6\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8268\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6.jpg 2328w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6-1536x1048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-6-2048x1397.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 6. Nocturne No. 7 in C$$\\sharp$$ Minor, mm. 1\u20132<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-6.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The opening of Faur\u00e9\u2019s Nocturne No. 7 (Example 6) presents a similar situation: Faur\u00e9 opens a piece in C$$\\sharp$$ minor using a well-worn bass schema, $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$. The upper-voice sonorities, however, are far from what one would expect, with both the chords on $$\\hat{1}$$ and $$\\hat{5}$$ matched with upper-voice $$^{6}_{3}$$ rather than $$^{5}_{3}$$ (or $$^{7 \\atop 5}_{3 \\atop \\phantom{3}}$$) on $$\\hat{5}$$. On $$\\hat{4}$$, a dom7 chordal quality sounds briefly, invoking B major. As stated earlier, Faur\u00e9 often substitutes for $$^{5}_{3}$$ with $$^{6}_{3}$$, creating tonal ambiguity, which is present in this passage as well. Of course, the third and fourth dotted-quarter beats in m. 1 may suggest more of a $$^{5}_{3}$$ chord on the tonic, yet the opening, enigmatic $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonority is salient: it only resolves in its own register to G$$\\sharp$$<sub>4<\/sub> on the fifth beat.<\/p>\n<p>The examples considered so far suggest that we must account for multiple factors in analyzing Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony: individual chordal qualities, like those of the half-diminished in Nocturne No. 5 or the French-sixth sonority of Nocturne No. 13, are at times responsible for local tonal orientations. Conventional tonal bass schemata\u2014often reharmonized through unusual upper-voice bass structures\u2014are still relevant as well. The next section focuses on one conventional template: the RO. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. Faur\u00e9\u2019s Rule of the Octave (RO)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Faur\u00e9\u2019s idiosyncratic style has sometimes been linked to his training at the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer. In contrast with the Paris Conservatory, where training methods are well documented (and owe a great deal to the partimento tradition), the curriculum at the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer is less clear to us.<span id='easy-footnote-10-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-10-7721' title='On the adoption and considerable transformation of partimenti in the nineteenth century at the Paris Conservatory, see Cafiero (2007) and Gjerdingen (2020).'><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> &nbsp;Students at the latter institution were exposed to a variety of historical styles, including Renaissance modality. Louis Niedermeyer and Joseph d\u2019Ortigue\u2019s (1859) manual on plainchant accompaniment at the organ has been invoked to explain some of Faur\u00e9\u2019s idiosyncratic harmonies.<span id='easy-footnote-11-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-11-7721' title='Kidd (1973). See also Tait (1989, chapter 2) for a discussion of Niedermeyer and d\u2019Ortigue\u2019s treatise.'><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Gjerdingen (2021, 60) notes that tastes for and against modality could be found at both the Paris Conservatory and the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer, which makes it difficult to argue that Faur\u00e9\u2019s training was the decisive factor in his developing tendencies toward modality. Polemics on the proper harmonization of plainchant, including in modal ways, characterized nineteenth-century French discourse (Christensen 2019): Niedermeyer and d\u2019Ortigue\u2019s treatise is thus part of a broader conversation on tonality, its origins, as well as the appropriate way to harmonize plainchant. Gjerdingen writes:<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In the same vein, the harmony book of Gustave Lef\u00e8vre has been cited as a special factor influencing the teaching of harmony at the \u00c9cole. Both Lef\u00e8vre and Camille Saint-Sa\u00ebns had ties to Pierre Maleden, whose teacher Gottfried Weber was an important figure in the history of theories of harmony. The problems with connecting Faur\u00e9\u2019s unique style to Lef\u00e8vre or Maleden are, nevertheless, many. Lef\u00e8vre became director of the school only in the year that Faur\u00e9 graduated (1865), and his book on harmony was still twenty-four years in the future (1889). (2021, 61)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p>Thus, we cannot assume that Lef\u00e8vre\u2019s treatise reflects the very teachings that Faur\u00e9 would have been exposed to, even if this has become received wisdom in Faur\u00e9 scholarship (e.g., Chailley 1982). It is well known, however, that the teachings at the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer during Faur\u00e9\u2019s studies included a mixture of historical and contemporary styles, including exposure to Renaissance modal music. Perhaps the most interesting feature of Lef\u00e8vre\u2019s (1889) treatise is the fact that it demonstrates principles of harmony through a variety of tonal and modal styles.<span id='easy-footnote-12-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-12-7721' title='Lef\u00e8vre\u2019s treatise is also related to Gottfried Weber through a Weber-influenced treatise from the Paris Conservatory orbit, that of Daniel Jelensperger (1830). Lef\u00e8vre (1889, 15) maintains the rankings of root progressions proposed by Jelensperger (1830, 29) based on the latter\u2019s corpus study on harmonic usage ca. 1780\u20131830. On Jelensperger\u2019s treatise, see Damschroder (2008) and Rabinovitch (2018). On Gottfried Weber\u2019s theories, see Saslaw (1990\u20131991) and Moreno (2003).'><sup>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>On the other hand, we do have evidence that Faur\u00e9 was involved in <em>teaching<\/em> French-academic harmony as practiced at the Paris Conservatory: some of his harmonization exercises have survived (Gjerdingen 2021). This training tradition reflects the adaptation of eighteenth-century Neapolitan partimenti into the curriculum of the Paris Conservatory in the nineteenth century. Training in this tradition involved complex keyboard harmony and written harmonic-contrapuntal exercises. The fact that Faur\u00e9 was able to create exercises and realize solutions suggests that he was fluent in it. Moreover, Jean-Michel Nectoux (1991, 6) documents that the training at the \u00c9cole Niedermeyer included \u201cthe traditional subjects (<em>solf\u00e8ge<\/em>, harmony, counterpoint)\u201d\u2014which at least opens the possibility that they were in fact close to the Paris-Conservatory adaptation of Neapolitan partimenti.<span id='easy-footnote-13-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-13-7721' title='On Faur\u00e9\u2019s partimento lineage, see Gjerdingen (2021, esp. 62\u201363).'><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Without attempting to solve the mystery of the composer\u2019s early training, I argue that the RO\u2014with some significant modifications\u2014is useful for engaging aspects of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Gjerdingen (2020) offers compelling analyses of Faur\u00e9\u2019s usage of sequence models in conjunction with partimento-based French harmonic teachings. As Giorgio Sanguinetti observes (2012, chapter 9), the partimento tradition has two contrasting modes of associating upper-voice sonorities with a given bass segment: sequentially (<em>moti del basso<\/em>), with various scale degrees in the bass receiving similar sonorities, or through the RO, with scale degrees receiving different sonorities. In other words, trainees in the partimento tradition or its Parisian adaptation conceptualized bass segments either as portions of sequences or as more directional tonal progressions associated with segments of the RO.<span id='easy-footnote-14-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-14-7721' title='Terefenko (2018 workbook, 209\u2013211) contains extravagant Faur\u00e9-style progressions, including what he refers to as diatonic and chromatic &lt;em&gt;r\u00e8gle [de l\u2019octave]&lt;\/em&gt; or RO in the composer\u2019s style. While Terefenko\u2019s models are highly idiomatic, I believe that there is also value in conceptualizing aspects of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony as extensions to the traditional RO model, as I do here.'><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> There is little doubt in my mind that Faur\u00e9\u2019s music has clear echoes of French-academic harmony exercises discussed by Gjerdingen (2020, 2021). For instance, Example 7 (\u201cLibera me\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, mm. 18\u201325) contains a sequence with suspensions that is unmistakably close to this tradition. In engaging a passage like this, we should pay attention not only to an exemplar of a learned historical model\u2014an up-a-fourth, down-a-third bass sequence\u2014but also to its elusive tonal implications.<span id='easy-footnote-15-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-15-7721' title='Compare to Gjerdingen\u2019s observation (2021, 70) about a harmonic-contrapuntal exercise by Faur\u00e9: \u201calthough his duo of bass and countermelody is completely diatonic, it forces subtle shifts in its perceived tonal orientation as it proceeds [due to a chain of parallel major thirds].\u201d'><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Thus, for instance, m. 24 is a melodic highpoint and also a striking harmonic moment, since it subverts the expected resolution to G minor and starts another chromatic sequential link in a chain with the surprising B$$\\natural$$ in the salient bass line. This and many other passages in Faur\u00e9\u2019s music call for an eclectic approach, incorporating insights from historical pedagogical models as well as present-day music analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-7\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8270\" width=\"512\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7.jpg 2300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7-1536x1197.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-7-2048x1596.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 7. \u201cLibera me\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, mm. 18\u201325<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-7.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Example 8a shows Alexandre-\u00c9tienne Choron and Vincenzo Fiocchi\u2019s (1804) RO, representing a small part of the reception of partimenti in nineteenth-century Paris. Example 8b shows another conventional variant of the RO, which contains $$^{6}_{5}$$ in ascending on $$\\hat{6}$$ as well, which is typical in Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic practice.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-8a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8271\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a.jpg 2206w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a-1024x284.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a-768x213.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a-1536x426.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8a-2048x568.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 8a. A version of Choron and Fiocchi\u2019s (1804, 5) RO, reannotated by the author<br><audio src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-8a.mp3\"><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-8a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 8a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-8b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8b.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8272\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8b.png 1822w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8b-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8b-1024x389.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8b-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-8b-1536x583.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 8b. A conventional variant harmonization of $$\\hat{6}$$ in ascending<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-8b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 8b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Broadly speaking, the RO has several crucial properties that are relevant for conceptualizing some of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic progressions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The RO creates associations between particular scale degrees in the bass (respective to a local tonic) and intervals above them, which may be represented as figured bass.<\/li>\n<li>As a consequence, the RO associates particular scale degrees with specific chordal qualities in a certain inversion: the identity of the bass scale degree is thus connected to a chord of a certain quality (e.g., \\hd, dom7 or \u201cmajor-minor7\u201d) and a certain figured-bass sonority; these specific associations can orient us tonally in ambiguous passages.<\/li>\n<li>The RO creates points of relative stability on $$\\hat{1}$$, $$\\hat{3}$$ (and to a lesser degree $$\\hat{5}$$), as opposed to points of instability on $$\\hat{2}$$, $$\\hat{4}$$, $$\\hat{6}$$, and $$\\hat{7}$$, which is something that Faur\u00e9 retains, though not literally.<span id='easy-footnote-16-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-16-7721' title='This hierarchy is not unrelated to tonal hierarchies such as those described by Krumhansl (1990).'><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Faur\u00e9 tends to match stable scale degrees with triads and unstable ones with seventh chords even if they are \u201cwrong\u201d with respect to the more traditional RO. Of course, $$\\hat{5}$$ may also receive its typical dom7 sonority. Whatever the case, the RO associates chordal qualities, inversions, and scale-degree identities in the bass.<\/li>\n<li>The RO neatly subdivides into a lower pentachord and upper tetrachord, which is a characteristic that Faur\u00e9 maintains: he often focuses on either part (sometimes on a truncated upper tetrachord, $$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$). More generally, the RO lends itself to division into partial bass scale-degree segments with typical upper-voice sonorities.<\/li>\n<li>The RO affords opportunities to shift to a different \u201coctave\u201d of a different key (i.e., what one might call a tonicization or a modulation). From the viewpoint of analysis or listening, this affords opportunities to reorient ourselves to a new key in a highly localized context, as opposed to present-day monotonal notions (Byros 2009, 2012; Lester 1992). In style-bound recomposition, the RO helps us reimagine local harmonic implications not realized.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>My five bullet points suggest that Faur\u00e9 uses the RO in somewhat of an abstract fashion, associating bass scale degrees respective to a local tonic with certain types of chords or chordal qualities. Despite this abstraction, however, Faur\u00e9 maintains central features of the RO. Example 9a tabulates the distinction between stable and unstable scale degrees that the RO creates. Examples 9b and 9c demonstrate how associations between \u201cstable\u201d and \u201cunstable\u201d scale degrees can be maintained even with alternative sonorities, varying the lower pentachord: Example 9b uses a MM7 on $$\\hat{4}$$ and a $$^{6}_{3}$$ instead of $$^{5}_{3}$$ on $$\\hat{5}$$; Example 9c adds a mm7 on $$\\hat{2}$$, softening the progression\u2014or, \u00e0 la Pau (2016)\u2014making it more plagal. In any case, these fleshed out versions of the abstract Example 9a show how basic properties of the RO can be maintained even when the actual upper-voice sonorities are varied. In other words, even as Faur\u00e9 matches non-traditional sonorities to RO segments, he often maintains a <em>qualitative<\/em> distinction between bass scale degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Triad<\/td><td>Seventh Chord<\/td><td>Triad<\/td><td>Seventh Chord<\/td><td>Triad or dom7<\/td><td>Seventh Chord (?) (cf. Example 8b)<\/td><td>Seventh Chord<\/td><td>Triad<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>$$\\hat{1}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{2}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{3}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{4}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{5}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{6}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{7}$$<\/td><td>$$\\hat{8}$$<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stable<\/td><td>Unstable<\/td><td>Stable<\/td><td>Unstable<\/td><td>Stable (or dom7 sonority)<\/td><td>Unstable<\/td><td>Unstable<\/td><td>Stable<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Example 9a. An abstraction of the ascending RO recast as stable vs. unstable scale degrees and associated triads and seventh chords<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-9b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9b.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8274\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9b.png 1778w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9b-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9b-1024x384.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9b-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9b-1536x575.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 9b. Realizing the ascending $$\\hat{1}$$ to $$\\hat{5}$$ in major with variants on $$\\hat{4}$$ and $$\\hat{5}$$<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-9b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 9b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-9c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9c.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8276\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9c.png 1740w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9c-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9c-1024x412.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9c-768x309.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-9c-1536x618.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 9c. Another realization of ascending $$\\hat{1}$$ to $$\\hat{5}$$, adding yet another variant on $$\\hat{2}$$<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-9c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 9c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The RO is also a flexible mechanism for conceptualizing tonal shifts, which seem more local to us given our monotonal (and perhaps anachronistic) theoretical lens on tonal music. Historical approaches to tonality, such as those implied in partimenti, were more localized. Lester (1992, 82) discusses an annotated copy of Bach\u2019s D-minor prelude from WTC1, probably stemming from Leipzig in the 1730s or 1740s. Part of this document is reproduced here as Example 10. In m. 14, what is to us a \u201cmere tonicization\u201d of B$$\\flat$$ major leads to a shift of bass scale degrees so that a RO-like segment, $$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$, is highlighted. A brief tonicization is\u2014according to the view of tonality latent in the RO\u2014a wholesale shift. In this case, a dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority resolving to a root-position sonority indicates a shift to the \u201coctave\u201d of B$$\\flat$$ major. Lester writes: \u201cAlthough it seems narrow-minded to cite such a brief key change [to B$$\\flat$$ major], doing so confirms the practicality of the analytic method and early eighteenth-century attitudes towards keys and key changes in general. Both thoroughbass players and composers needed to know the proper chord over each and every bass note. A $$^{6}_{\\flat5}$$ chord appears only over the leading tone of a key; hence in measure 14, the bass A is best understood as scale-step 7\u201d (1992, 85). Though Faur\u00e9\u2019s usage is non-traditional\u2014and though his style is much later than that of Bach\u2014many passages in his music are still related to the RO, with its rapid conceptual shifts between the \u201coctaves\u201d of difference keys.<\/p>\n<p>From a practical perspective (as in the realization of a partimento), interpreting a bass note as a scale degree respective to some transposition of the RO creates a mental association for the keyboard player with a typical upper-voice sonority; from an analytical perspective, deciphering associations between RO segments, typical sonorities, and local tonal implications can help us to interpret Faur\u00e9\u2019s enigmatic harmony. Paying attention to contextual bass scale-degree gambits\u2014as done by Gjerdingen (2007) and Holtmeier (2011)\u2014creates different equivalence classes than those of Roman numerals and inversions. I recognize that my methodology here is not historicist or purist\u2014I attempt to get as much analytical mileage as possible from the entry point of the RO but invoke concepts like inversions and chord functions <em>ad hoc<\/em> as part of my analytical process.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-10\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8277\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10.jpg 2284w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10-1536x1003.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-10-2048x1338.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 10. Adapted from Lester (1992, 85, Example 3\u201326), an excerpt from an eighteenth-century annotation of Bach\u2019s Prelude in D Minor, BWV 851<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-10.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lester\u2019s example may seem antiquated when dealing with Faur\u00e9. An example from a figured bass by Nadia Boulanger (Example 11), Faur\u00e9\u2019s student, discussed in Rabinovitch 2020, shows how identifying segments of figured bass as scale degrees in context remained a way to plug in ready-made upper-voice structures. Boulanger\u2019s figured bass was likely written for her American students, who were not trained in the Parisian adaptation of partimenti, hence they needed the scaffolding of figured bass; those trained in this tradition (like Boulanger herself) would have formed mental associations between an <em>un<\/em>figured version of these scale segments and upper-voice structures, which could have been used in an unfigured written exercise with a given bass. Of course, my (not so elegant) realization in Example 11 is that of an outsider to the tradition\u2014it was just meant to demonstrate certain aspects of this pedagogical bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-11\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8278\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11.jpg 2220w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11-1536x707.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-11-2048x943.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 11. After Rabinovitch (2020, example 13a\u201313b), an excerpt from a figured bass by Nadia Boulanger with a simple added realization and bass scale degrees added to parts of a sequence. Note that both $$\\hat{6}$$ and $$\\hat{7}$$ in each segment are matched with a $$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority. A 9\u2013[8] suspension is added starting on $$\\hat{1}$$ in each box.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-11.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>It has become received wisdom in Faur\u00e9 scholarship that fleeting tonicizations\u2014as conceptualized in Lef\u00e8vre\u2019s (1889) treatise\u2014can explain the composer\u2019s idiosyncrasies (Chailley 1982; Nectoux 1991, 227\u2013229; Sobaskie 1999, 183). Yet if we consider the implicit conceptual framework of the RO, a tonicization is a complete shift to a RO starting on a different pitch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have observed above that Faur\u00e9 tends to place a $$^{6}_{3}$$ rather than a $$^{5}_{3}$$ on $$\\hat{5}$$. Other authors have made similar analytical observations, though couched in different terms. Caron (2002, 59\u201360) discusses the substitution of a \u201cV\u201d chord by a \u201ciii\u201d chord (see Example 5 above). In his analysis of the \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d from Faur\u00e9\u2019s <em>Requiem<\/em>\u2014to be engaged in detail below\u2014Cohn suggests that, within a D-minor context, an F-major $$^{6}_{3}$$ chord (i.e., a natural-minor derived \u201cIII<sup>6<\/sup>\u201d) functions as dominant (2012, 54\u201355). Though these theorists do not allude to the RO, my intuitions about Faur\u00e9\u2019s usage coincide with theirs: they suggest the possibility that a \u201cV\u201d chord be substituted by a \u201cIII[<sup>6<\/sup>]\u201d chord. I believe that Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic usage conflates $$^{5}_{3}$$ and $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonorities more broadly: we have seen in Example 6 (the opening of Nocturne No. 7) how a basic tonal bass schema, $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$, becomes blurred through $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitutions on both $$\\hat{1}$$ and $$\\hat{5}$$. To make things even more ambiguous, the bass pitches F$$\\sharp$$ and G$$\\sharp$$ lend themselves to interpretation in terms of the RO of B major rather than C$$\\sharp$$ minor: this is shown in Example 12, which contains two actual chords and a hypothetical continuation according to the RO in B major.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-12\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8279\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-12.png 1674w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-12-300x118.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-12-1024x401.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-12-768x301.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-12-1536x602.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 12. Subverted RO implications of Nocturne No. 7, mm. 1\u20132 (Example 6 above): the first two chords are actually present in the excerpt; the latter two chords reconstruct an ascent through the upper tetrachord of the RO<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-12.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>As an example of the traditional RO as a productive model for Faur\u00e9, let us take a look at the opening of the song \u201cPuisque l\u2019aube grandit\u201d (Example 13a), the second song of the cycle <em>La bonne chanson<\/em>, op. 61. The initially established key, G major, gives way to B minor seamlessly: the sonority on $$\\hat{5}$$ that opens m. 3 projects the relative \u201cstability\u201d of this scale degree through a triad\u2014what might be called a \u201c$$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution\u201d of a root-position triad. One can easily reimagine the passage so as to resolve this substitution chord as a dominant in the original key of G major (see Example 13b). To use Agawu\u2019s (1994) terms, this recomposition\u2014like most of my recompositions in this article\u2014 shows a prospective implication that is subverted in the actual music. The $$^{6}_{3}$$ chord on D, however, also fits as a stable triad on $$\\hat{3}$$ of the RO of B minor.<span id='easy-footnote-17-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-17-7721' title='Cf. Tait (1989, 82\u201383), who relates this passage to Faur\u00e9\u2019s letter to his son Philippe about the \u201cAir de danse\u201d from &lt;em&gt;Caligula&lt;\/em&gt; (Nectoux 1980, 258\u2013259), which also involves ambiguity between G major and B minor. See also Gjerdingen\u2019s comments on such tonal pairings (2021, 73 and 75).'><sup>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In fact, as $$^{6}_{3}$$, it is an ideal fit above $$\\hat{3}$$ in the traditional RO. The second chord of m. 3 also fits the identity of $$\\hat{4}$$ in B minor, being a <b>\u00f8<\/b>$$^{6}_{5}$$ chord. The original passage (Example 13a) thus proceeds through ascending $$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$ in a traditional RO in B minor (see abstractions in Example 13c). The following descent through $$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{2}$$\u2013($$\\hat{5}$$)\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ is close to a traditional descending RO: the only differences are that $$\\hat{4}$$ maintains its \u201cascending\u201d identity and that Faur\u00e9 uses a $$\\hat{2}$$-$$\\hat{5}$$ motion (that does not ultimately resolve to $$\\hat{1}$$) rather than a descending stepwise motion. In any case, $$\\hat{4}$$ maintains its unstable quality, associated with a seventh chord.<\/p>\n<p>I hear the second sonority of m. 3 in Example 13a (\u201cA\u2013C$$\\sharp$$\u2013E\u2013G\u2013B\u201d) as a \\hd$$^{6}_{5}$$ on E rather than as a ninth chord, since the note A resolves to B both in the voice and in the accompaniment. If we are to entertain A as a viable chord tone, it can also be understood as a dominant of D major, that is, V\/V\u2014a faint implication not realized. Either way, despite conflicting implications, Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic building blocks are close to a traditional RO. By creating a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ of the original key, Faur\u00e9 facilitates a reinterpretation of D as $$\\hat{3}$$ in B minor: the game of fleeting tonal impressions can be conceptualized as a kind of <em>position finding<\/em> game along the RO.<span id='easy-footnote-18-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-18-7721' title='I follow Richmond Browne\u2019s (1981) term regarding the tonal implications of the diatonic set in his seminal article, though I use it here in the context of the RO. Since both the dom7 and the half-diminished are the rare seventh-chord subsets of the diatonic set, and since they are the only two sonorities containing the rare tritone, some of my present line of reasoning aligns with Browne\u2019s logic. Moreover, one might say that the MM7 and mm7 seventh-chord subsets of the diatonic set are sonically and experientially similar to one another, whereas the tritone-containing dom7 and half-diminished subsets stand out and participate to a greater extent in position finding. Exploring the full implications of these parallelisms and qualifying them based on nineteenth-century usage lies beyond the present scope.'><sup>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-13a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8281\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13a-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 13a. \u201cPuisque l\u2019aube grandit\u201d from <em>La bonne chanson<\/em>, op. 61, mm. 2\u20135<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-13a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 13a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-13b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8283\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b.jpg 2344w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b-1536x1248.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13b-2048x1664.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 13b. Recomposition of mm. 2\u20134, cadencing in G major by maintaining the identity of $$\\hat{5}$$ in the original key<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-13b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 13b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-13c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8284\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c.jpg 2254w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c-1536x841.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-13c-2048x1121.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 13c. Conceptualizing mm. 3\u20135 of \u201cPuisque l\u2019aube grandit\u201d in terms of the RO of B minor: on the top staff, reduction of the music with elimination of bass leap; on the bottom staff, a basic tonal schema with which Faur\u00e9\u2019s music is \u201cin dialogue\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-13c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 13c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>5. Analysis and Recomposition Vignette (i): Fantasy for Flute and Piano, op. 79<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-14a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8286\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14a-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 14a. Fantasy for Flute and Piano, op. 79, mm. 1\u201311, original version<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-14a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 14a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Like \u201cPuisque l\u2019aube grandit,\u201d the opening of the Fantasy for Flute and Piano, op. 79 (Example 14a) also exemplifies the utility of the RO as a conceptual and practical model. To use Agawu\u2019s terms again, my successive recompositions in Examples 14b\u2013e reflect prospective implications that are not realized in the original piece. The fantasy starts with an almost traditional RO ascent through the first four scale degrees of E minor. In m. 3, the flute\u2019s \u201cpassing\u201d F$$\\sharp$$ implies a traditional ii$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority, while the piano\u2019s IV<sup>7<\/sup> is a slight variant that nevertheless maintains the qualitative distinction between stable scale degrees (matched with triads) and unstable ones (matched with seventh chords). M. 4 represents a traditional descending $$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$ segment in E minor, at least as far as the piano part is concerned. The end of m. 4 brings about a conflict between the flute and piano: if the flute had <em>its<\/em> way (given its F$$\\natural$$ inflection), the piano would harmonize the bass G with a $$^{\\sharp4}_{2}$$, shifting to a traditional descending RO segment in D minor, followed by the actual $$^{6}_{3}$$ on F in m. 5, which indeed fits into the RO of D minor.<span id='easy-footnote-19-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-19-7721' title='I am inspired here by Edward Klorman\u2019s (2016) portrayal of the agency of different parts in chamber music.'><sup>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Mm. 5\u20136 interpret the bass notes F\u2013A\u2013D as $$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ in D minor. M. 6 is ambiguous in terms of its prospective implications: one possibility, actually realized in the music, is that this measure is locally in A minor; another option, realized in the recomposition of Example 14b, is a shift toward F major, such that $$^{6}_{3}$$ on the bass C as $$\\hat{5}$$ is a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution. Faur\u00e9, however, seems to interpret the A-minor triad of the downbeat of m. 7 as a subdominant of the upcoming E minor\u2014an implication that is also quickly subverted. (Needless to say, by invoking a \u201csubdominant\u201d function I am directly invoking an explanatory model other than the RO, which brings my work closer to conventional harmonic analysis in this case and others.) Example 14c expands upon the E-minor potential of mm. 7\u20138: bass F$$\\sharp$$\u2013G\u2013A are taken as $$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$ in E minor. Though not a traditional RO harmonization, it maintains the qualitative distinction between triads and seventh chords.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-14b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8287\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b.jpg 2316w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b-1024x868.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b-1536x1303.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14b-2048x1737.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 14b. Recomposition of mm. 1\u20138, reinterpreting bass pitches B<sub>2<\/sub>\u2013C<sub>3<\/sub> in mm. 6\u20137 as $$\\sharp\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$ in F major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-14b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 14b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-14c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8289\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14c-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 14c. Recomposition of mm. 1\u20139, creating a $$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$ succession and Faur\u00e9-style plagal cadence in E minor in mm. 7\u20139<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-14c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 14c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-14d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8290\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d.jpg 2364w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d-1024x877.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d-1536x1315.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14d-2048x1753.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 14d. Recomposition of mm. 1\u20138, maintaining the impression of A minor in mm. 6\u20138 and cadencing in that key with a $$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ plagal cadence<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-14d.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 14d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A similar succession of $$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$, now respective to A minor, is realized in Example 14d: the unstable sonority on the bass B<sub>2<\/sub> in the original m. 6 (Example 14a) is thus interpreted here as implying $$\\hat{2}$$ in A minor and resolves accordingly. Much like the original passage, which plays extensively on the lower pentachord of the RO, my recompositions explore possible prospective implications not realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-14e\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8291\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-14e-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 14e. Recomposition of mm. 1\u201311, reinterpreting G<sub>2<\/sub> in m. 8 as $$\\hat{5}$$ in C major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-14e.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 14e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Example 14e takes the potential implication of hearing the original opening sonority of m. 8 (see Example 14a above) as a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ in C major. This is followed by an attempt to reimagine fast-paced shifts that are in line with the language of the original piece: C is immediately reinterpreted upon resolution as $$\\hat{5}$$ of F major, leading to a traditional $$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$ descending RO segment in mm. 9\u201310. The reinterpretation of the bass note A (m. 10) from $$\\hat{3}$$ to $$\\hat{4}$$ is achieved by changing the triadic $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonority to a \u00f8$$^{6}_{5}$$ at the end of m. 10, that is, $$\\hat{4}$$ in the RO of E minor whose identity is clarified through the \u00f8$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority; this plagal cadential formula is inspired by the original fantasy. Both the original excerpt and my reimaginings in this vignette extensively explore the pattern of stable and unstable scale degrees within the lower pentachord of the RO: fleeting tonal impressions are conceptualized based on positions within the RO, exploring paths not realized in the composer\u2019s style through this traditional model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>6. Further Short Examples for the RO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-15a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8292\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a.jpg 2248w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a-1024x933.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a-1536x1399.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15a-2048x1866.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 15a. \u201cLe jardin de Dolly\u201d from the suite <em>Dolly<\/em>, op. 56, no. 3, mm. 1\u20134, piano-four-hands score rearranged vertically for ease of reading<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-15a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 15a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLe jardin de Dolly,\u201d the third piece from the suite <em>Dolly<\/em>, op. 56,opens in a deceptively simple manner (Example 15a). Let us start unpacking it at m. 4: the dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority on the bass note C$$\\sharp$$ implies a resolution within D major given its presumptive identity as $$\\hat{7}$$, which is strongly supported by the melody in this measure: this is reimagined in the recomposition of Example 15b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-15b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8294\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b.jpg 2224w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b-1024x906.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b-768x680.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b-1536x1359.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15b-2048x1812.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 15b: \u201cLe jardin de Dolly,\u201d recomposition of mm. 1\u20134, realizing the implication that the dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ on C$$\\sharp$$ in m. 4 resolve in D major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-15b-1.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 15b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the outset of m. 3, E is harmonized with $$^{6}_{5}$$, suggesting that it shifts its identity from $$\\hat{1}$$ in the home key to become $$\\hat{4}$$ in B major.However, the following half-diminished sonority and $$^{6}_{5}$$ on C$$\\sharp$$ suggests the possibility of hearing the latter sonority as $$\\hat{4}$$ in G$$\\sharp$$ minor, not only as vii$$^{6}_{5}$$ of B major. Moreover, the $$^{6}_{3}$$ on D$$\\sharp$$ in the final beat of m. 3 might be a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ of G$$\\sharp$$ minor. In other words, the combinations of chordal qualities and inversions again create a kind of position finding game along the RO. The G$$\\sharp$$-minor hearing is realized in Example 15c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-15c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8295\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c.jpg 2136w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c-1024x481.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c-1536x722.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15c-2048x963.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 15c. Recomposition of mm. 3\u20134, taking the \u00f8$$^{6}_{5}$$ chord in m. 3 as a cue for a shift to G$$\\sharp$$ minor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-15c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 15c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the actual piece (Example 15a), Faur\u00e9\u2019s C$$\\sharp$$\u2013D$$\\sharp$$ segment in m. 3 is a slight variant of the RO in B major, whereas m. 4 has a traditional RO segment in E major\/minor with a (modal-mixture-inflected) $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$. A reduction of the original m. 4 along with a derivation from RO harmonization of bass $$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$ is given in Example 15d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-15d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8296\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d.png 2288w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d-1536x785.png 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-15d-2048x1047.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 15d. Reduction of original m. 4, along with a derivation of the $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution based on a reconstructed $$^{5&#8211;6}$$ contrapuntal motion<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-15d.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 15d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the ascending RO segment $$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ in minor is harmonized such that $$\\hat{6}$$ carries $$^{6}_{5}$$, both $$\\hat{6}$$ and $$\\hat{7}$$ carry a dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ chordal quality (cf. Example 8b above). This creates a practical-conceptual dilemma captured by Holtmeier (2011, after F\u00f6rster 1823, see Example 16): when bass $$\\hat{6}$$ is harmonized with a dom$$^{6}_{5}$$, it might be construed as $$\\hat{7}$$ of the key of VII due to associations between bass figures, chord qualities, and bass scale degrees. Emanuel Aloys F\u00f6rster\u2019s practical-analytical dilemma is based on the same key finding or position finding game that Faur\u00e9 plays: chordal qualities contextually define tonal impressions, which can be conceptualized as bass positions along the RO. By marking the dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority on F$$\\sharp$$ as \u201c$$\\hat{7}$$,\u201d F\u00f6rster indicates a tonal implication, the significance of which will become clearer in the following two analyses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-16\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-16.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8298\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-16.png 1624w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-16-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-16-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-16-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-16-1536x742.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 16. Following Holtmeier (2011, 474) after F\u00f6rster (1823): two successive dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonorities on $$\\hat{6}$$ and $$\\hat{7}$$ ascending in minor create tonal ambiguity<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-17a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8299\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17a-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 17a: Nocturne No. 4, op. 36, mm. 1\u201311<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-17a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 17a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Let us move to Nocturne No. 4, op. 36 (Example 17a): after starting in E$$\\flat$$ major, the opening sonority of m. 2 strongly implies the key of C minor: a \u00f8$$^{6}_{5}$$ on what turns out to be $$\\hat{4}$$ leads to a Faur\u00e9-style plagal cadence in C minor. Mm. 3\u20135 have rapid tonal shifts to implied G minor and F major. As in Holtmeier and F\u00f6rster\u2019s dilemma, Faur\u00e9 exploits the ambiguity of a dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority: as the recomposition of Example 17b shows, mm. 4\u20135 could well have led to B$$\\flat$$ major, as implied by the dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ on A$$\\natural$$ and by the right-hand melody. Indeed, the most obvious implication in context of the melody of m. 5, G<sub>5<\/sub>\u2013F<sub>5<\/sub>\u2013E$$\\flat$$<sub>5<\/sub>\u2013D<sub>5<\/sub>, is B$$\\flat$$ major. By reinterpreting the sonority on bass note A$$\\natural$$ as $$\\hat{6}$$ in an ascending RO of C minor, Faur\u00e9 continues the game of fleeting tonal impressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-17b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8300\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b.png 2084w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b-300x113.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b-1024x386.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b-768x290.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b-1536x579.png 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-17b-2048x772.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 17b. Recomposition of Nocturne no. 4, mm. 4\u20135, showing the potential for a dom$$^{6}_{5}$$ to resolve in B$$\\flat$$ major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-17b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 17b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Before leaving the original excerpt (Example 17a), I would like to note that the dom$$^{4}_{2}$$ sonority in m. 8 brings to mind Harrison\u2019s (1994) harmonic dualism and Pau\u2019s (2016) application of dualism to Faur\u00e9 and Duparc. The strongest prospective implication of this chord is to resolve as V$$^{4}_{2}$$ in E$$\\flat$$ major; in the actual music, it precedes the dominant of C minor. In Harrison\u2019s (1994) terms, we can think of the competition between these implications as that between an E$$\\flat$$-major dominant functional <em>agent <\/em>($$\\hat{7}$$) in the soprano and a C-minor subdominant functional <em>agent<\/em> in the bass $$\\hat{\\flat6}$$: according to Harrison, functional agents are&nbsp; \u201cunequivocal communicators of their function\u201d (1994, 49). Thus, this mysterious dom$$^{4}_{2}$$ does not lead to a dominant-tonic discharge in E$$\\flat$$ major ($$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$) as one might initially expect, but rather to a subdominant-dominant discharge in C minor ($$\\hat{\\flat6}$$\u2013$$sd{5}$$).<span id='easy-footnote-20-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-20-7721' title='As a reminder of functional discharges, see the tabulated summary in Harrison (1994, 92\u201393, figures 3.2\u20133.3).'><sup>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span> If my approach is eclectic, it simply indicates the complexity of the subject matter and the need for multiple explanatory models in engaging the composer\u2019s harmony.<span id='easy-footnote-21-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-21-7721' title='As an anonymous reviewer of this article suggested, an additional explanation for this tricky $$^{4}_{2}$$ sonority is that it participates in parsimonious voice-leading above the bass layer in mm. 7\u20138: A\u2013C$$\\sharp$$\u2013F to B$$\\flat$$\u2013D\u2013F to B\u2013D\u2013F (or, one might add, perhaps A\u2013C$$\\sharp$$\u2013F to A$$\\flat$$\u2013B$$\\flat$$\u2013D\u2013F to G\u2013B\u2013D\u2013F). This suggestion resonates with Cohn\u2019s analysis of a passage from the &lt;em&gt;Requiem&lt;\/em&gt;, which I revisit below.'><sup>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n<p>The opening of Faur\u00e9\u2019s Nocturne No. 6 in D$$\\flat$$ Major, op. 63 (Example 18a) is among the most striking passages in his oeuvre. The scale degrees in mm. 1\u20133 create an exceedingly traditional tonal trajectory: $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$. As discussed above after Caron, this formulaic bass has simple tonal implications, which are clouded by Faur\u00e9\u2019s disorienting upper voices.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-18a-part-1\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8301\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1.jpg 2276w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1-1024x981.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1-768x736.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1-1536x1471.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-1-2048x1962.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-18a-part-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8303\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2.jpg 2248w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2-1024x916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2-1536x1375.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18a-part-2-2048x1833.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 18a. Nocturne No. 6 in D$$\\flat$$ Major, op. 63, mm. 1\u201310 (continued overleaf)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-18a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 18a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The opening sonority of m. 1 is already a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution respective to this bass frame: this means that the basic $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$ tonal relation across the bar line of mm. 0\u20131 is already ambiguous, failing to establish the home key clearly. The half-diminished on C at the end of m. 1 is also ambiguous: while it maintains the key-defining tritone of the original key of D$$\\flat$$ major, it also implies a potential shift to B$$\\flat$$ minor, a prospective implication realized in the recomposition of Example 18b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-18b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8302\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b.jpg 2296w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18b-2048x1370.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 18b. Recomposition of mm. 1\u20133, showing the potential of the \u00f87 chord in m. 1 to initiate a shift to B$$\\flat$$ minor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-18b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 18b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>M. 4 (see Example 18a) brings about a shift to E$$\\flat$$ minor (key of ii), although the dom7 quality of the opening chord may well be understood at first in the home key based on the preceding resolution to the tonic at the end of m. 3. This revisits F\u00f6rster and Holtmeier\u2019s ambiguity (Example 16): the opening chord is heard prospectively as $$^{6}_{5}$$ over $$\\hat{7}$$ in the original key, but it is reinterpreted as a $$^{6}_{5}$$ sonority on $$\\hat{6}$$ in the RO model of E$$\\flat$$ minor. The characteristic $$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ RO\u2014a truncated tetrachord\u2014surprisingly ends not on a $$^{5}_{3}$$ chord on E$$\\flat$$ but rather on a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution (see Example 18a, m. 4). Example 18c shows how m. 4 would sound with the more expected $$^{5}_{3}$$ on E$$\\flat$$. In reality (Example 18a), Faur\u00e9 moves to a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ of the home key (m. 5) before resolving contrapuntally to a conventional (and tonally clearer) dom7 sonority. The diatonic motion $$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$ across the bar line between m. 4 and m. 5 is thus matched with two $$^{6}_{3}$$ sonorities. Again, Faur\u00e9 takes a simple tonal bass schema and matches it with disorienting upper-voice sonorities.<\/p>\n<p>M. 6 (see Example 18a) revisits the $$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ RO segment of E$$\\flat$$ minor, but this time the $$^{6}_{3}$$ on $$\\hat{1}$$ is taken at face value: it is reinterpreted as a subdominant of G$$\\flat$$ major.<span id='easy-footnote-22-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-22-7721' title='Again, my allusion here to subdominant chordal function shows my eclectic approach, despite my attempt to get maximal analytical mileage from the RO.'><sup>22<\/sup><\/a><\/span> The V<sup>9<\/sup> (dom9) chordal quality at the opening of m. 7 strongly suggests G$$\\flat$$ major as the new tonic. The following B$$\\flat\\flat$$ $$^{6}_{3}$$ chord, too, may be conceptualized as a mixture $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ respective to G$$\\flat$$ major\/minor: Example 18d explores this subverted prospective implication in recomposition through a phrase that shifts from G$$\\flat$$ major to the home key of D$$\\flat$$ major (mm. 7\u201310). Of course, a mixture $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ is identical to the sonority on B in m. 4 of \u201cLe jardin de Dolly,\u201d seen in Example 15a above. (In the original\u2014see Example 18a\u2014the mixture $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on D$$\\flat$$ is also taken at face value and leads to a tonicization of A major=B$$\\flat\\flat$$ major). If the recomposition of Example 18d is less successful than others, it is perhaps because it would fit better into an earlier Faur\u00e9 work such as the Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, op. 13, rather than to the sound world of Nocturne No. 6. Nevertheless, it was crafted as an attempt to emulate the composer\u2019s style. This nocturne opening captures two of my main points: 1) certain ambiguous harmonic progressions in Faur\u00e9\u2019s music can be conceptualized as manipulations of RO segments, which can lead productively to the reimagining of unfulfilled prospective implications in recomposition; 2) simple bass schemata are matched with tonally disorienting upper-voice structures, often $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitutions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-18c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8304\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c.jpg 2228w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c-1024x306.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c-1536x459.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18c-2048x612.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 18c. Recomposition of mm. 4\u20135, undoing the $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution at the end of m. 4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-18c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 18c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-18d\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8305\" width=\"512\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d.jpg 2328w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d-1024x1005.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d-768x753.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d-1536x1507.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-18d-2048x2009.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 18d. Recomposition of mm. 6\u201310, fulfilling the implication of D$$\\flat$$2 in m. 7 to serve as $$\\hat{5}$$ in G$$\\flat$$ major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-18d.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 18d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To end this lengthy discussion, let us return to the passage from the \u201cLibera me\u201d of Faur\u00e9\u2019s <em>Requiem<\/em>, op. 48 and examine how the original passage\u2014as well as a couple of compositional reimaginings\u2014can be conceptualized in terms of the RO. The original (Example 19a) ends on a Faur\u00e9-style plagal cadence (mm. 16\u201317).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-19a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8306\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a.jpg 2296w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a-1024x878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a-768x658.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a-1536x1317.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19a-2048x1755.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 19a. \u201cLibera me\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, op. 48, mm. 10\u201318, annotated<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-19a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 19a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The entrance of a $$^{6}_{5}$$ chord on G in the original passage (Example 19a, m. 12) prospectively suggests that the following bass A in m. 13 might be $$\\hat{5}$$ of D minor. This is a plausible interpretation given Faur\u00e9\u2019s fondness for $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitutions: F<sup>6<\/sup> could well have resolved to the D-minor tonic, directly or after contrapuntal motion to a root-position chord. The D-minor implication, however, becomes difficult to entertain once the half-diminished seventh sonority on B$$\\natural$$ enters in m. 14: its tonal implication is likely $$\\sharp\\hat{4}$$ in F major or $$\\hat{2}$$ in A minor. In retrospect, however, the bass notes A\u2013B\u2013C\u2013D (mm. 13\u201316) turn out to be RO segment $$\\hat{1}$$\u2013$$\\hat{2}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$ in A minor, maintaining a qualitative difference between stable and unstable scale degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-19b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8307\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b.jpg 2320w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b-1024x879.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b-768x659.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b-1536x1319.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19b-2048x1758.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Example 19b. First recomposition of mm. 10\u201318, reinterpreting the A-minor $$^{6}_{3}$$ chord in m. 15 as a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ in F major<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-19b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 19b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Example 19b shows one of the paths not taken based on the prospective implications of the half-diminished sonority: B$$\\natural$$ in m. 14 is interpreted as $$\\sharp\\hat{4}$$ in F major, and C as $$\\hat{5}$$ of F major carries first a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution, then resolves contrapuntally to a tonally clearer dom7 chord.<span id='easy-footnote-23-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-23-7721' title='As Tait\u2019s survey cited above suggests, the half-diminished in Faur\u00e9 is often a dominant of V or, from the present viewpoint, bass $$\\sharp\\hat{4}$$.'><sup>23<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-19c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8308\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c.jpg 2320w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c-1024x830.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-19c-2048x1660.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 19c. Second recomposition, using the $$^{6}_{3}$$ in m. 12 as a $$\\hat{4}$$ launching pad for a subsequent dominant pedal point in D minor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-19c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 19c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Example 19c realizes an additional implication: that the \u00f8$$^{6}_{5}$$ in m. 12 could be $$\\hat{4}$$ of D minor: now A in m. 13, which carries a $$^{6}_{3}$$, is taken to be $$\\hat{5}$$ of D minor (i.e., a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution), making the preceding $$^{6}_{5}$$ chord into a typical RO sonority on $$\\hat{4}$$. Though not my main focus\u2014and though I do not currently have a good explanatory model for the composer\u2019s pedal points\u2014the fauxbourdon-like harmonies above the A pedal attempt to emulate the composer\u2019s style.<span id='easy-footnote-24-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-24-7721' title='As an example of such pedal points, see Nocturne No. 4 (Example 17a above), mm. 6\u20137. Compare also to the comments in Gjerdingen (2021, 70) about fauxbourdon in Faur\u00e9 and as an improvised practice.'><sup>24<\/sup><\/a><\/span> This pedal point is necessary in order to maintain Faur\u00e9\u2019s original phrase rhythm. The entrance of C$$\\sharp$$ in m. 16 unambiguously clarifies the dominant quality of bass $$\\hat{5}$$.<\/p>\n<p>My lengthy discussion in this section of several passages representative of the composer\u2019s usages suggests that the RO model can describe an aspect of the composer\u2019s harmonic idiolect. RO segments realized and subverted are at the center of certain ambiguous passages even if Faur\u00e9\u2019s usage is somewhat more abstract in comparison to the traditional model: matching non-traditional upper-voice sonorities to bass gambits across segments of the RO creates a degree of ambiguity. Yet recognizable elements\u2014particular sonorities associated with specific scale degrees or the qualitative distinction between stable and unstable degrees\u2014can help orient us in analysis and recomposition. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>7. Analysis and Recomposition Vignette (ii): \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, op. 48<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Cohn (2012) discusses a passage from the \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d of the <em>Requiem<\/em>, which, in his view, is based on the fulcrum of an F\u2013A\u2013C$$\\sharp$$ augmented triad. He writes about the score excerpt in his figure 3.8 (paraphrased in my graphic Example 20):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Like much of the d minor Introit\/Kyrie movement from which it is drawn, this passage is animated by the tonic\u2019s relationship to an F major triad that consistently functions as dominant. The melodic fulcrum of this relationship is the C$$\\sharp$$ that mediates between C and D, and hence the harmonic fulcrum is the FAC$$\\sharp$$ augmented triad that appears at m. 60, just prior to the cadence. This same augmented triad, spelled variously, also appears three times in the interior of the phrase, each time as the second component of a two-chord unit whose first component is a consonant triad: F major at m. 52, f$$\\sharp$$ minor at m. 54, and b$$\\flat$$ minor at m. 56. (2012, 54\u201355)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A \u201c$$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$\u201d in the terms of my article is, of course, a different approach to describing Cohn\u2019s F-major triad functioning \u201cas dominant.\u201d Cohn observes that \u201cthere is no consistent diatonic explanation that accounts for the simultaneous presence of this particular group of triads in a single phrase. What draws them together is their shared status as single semitonal displacements of FAC$$\\sharp$$\u201d (2012, 55). In contrast with Cohn\u2019s chromatic and symmetrical lens, I will argue that the diatonic and asymmetrical RO offers an additional viewpoint on this enigmatic passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-20-rotated-1\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8319\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-20-rotated-1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 20. Adapted after Cohn\u2019s figure 3.8, \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, mm. 50\u201361; displacements around a central A\u2013C$$\\sharp$$\u2013F augmented triad; arrows indicate the order of triads used; the starting point is the F [major] chord<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Cohn\u2019s explanation is insightful in that it provides a compact chromatic account of a progression that is difficult to conceptualize from a diatonic or functional viewpoint: the sonorities in this passage all involve semitonal displacement of the A\u2013C$$\\sharp$$\u2013F augmented triad. In addition, his analysis is also effective because the <em>exaudi<\/em> passage is the highpoint of the \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d: the F$$\\sharp$$<sub>5<\/sub> in m. 54 is the highest soprano note in the entire movement, exceeding the vocal range that generally reaches only to F<sub>5<\/sub>. Cohn refers to the F$$\\sharp$$-minor triad as \u201cintractable\u201d and wonders if it functions as iii of D major, which is not present in this movement. However, in so doing, he ignores an associated passage, mm. 25\u201328 of the \u201cIn Paradisum\u201d movement (not shown) in which a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution on $$\\hat{5}$$ oscillates between major and minor triad qualities.<span id='easy-footnote-25-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-25-7721' title='Compare also to the modal-mixture $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitutions on $$\\hat{5}$$ in Examples 15a (m. 4) and 18a (m. 7).'><sup>25<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Thus, a \u201cdominant-functioning\u201d or $$^{6}_{3}$$-carrying $$\\hat{5}$$ is involved in long-range connections: the <em>exaudi <\/em>plea is fulfilled <em>in paradisum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Though Cohn\u2019s observations are insightful, I would like to offer an alternative interpretation. Example 21a reduces the <em>exaudi<\/em> passage while retaining Faur\u00e9\u2019s oscillating bass line. Crucially, in m. 56 and m. 58, the bass line adds a G, which underlies Cohn\u2019s B$$\\flat$$-minor triad, one of the members of his Weitzmann region. Cohn\u2019s omission of the G allows him to focus on interesting triadic relationships, yet it seems preferable to account for this pitch rather than ignore it. The G turns the B$$\\flat$$-minor triad into a half-diminished seventh: in mm. 58\u201359, the combination of a G\u00f8 seventh chord and an F$$^{6}_{3}$$ chord creates a strong tonal implication of F major. Example 21b recomposes the passage, showing the potential of the G\u00f8 to participate as an implied $$\\hat{2}$$ respective to F major. The recomposition (mm. 58\u201359) tips the balance momentarily in favor of F major rather than D minor. Recomposed mm. 59\u201360 draw on Faur\u00e9\u2019s play between F\u2013A\u2013C and F\u2013A\u2013C$$\\sharp$$ triads, the latter of which clearly leads the way back to the main tonal center, D minor. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-21a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8318\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-scaled.jpg 2165w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-866x1024.jpg 866w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-768x908.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-1299x1536.jpg 1299w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21a-1732x2048.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Example 21a. Reduction and analysis of \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, Op. 48, mm. 50\u201361<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-21a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 21a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-21b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8320\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b.jpg 2288w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b-1536x1238.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-21b-2048x1651.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 21b. Recomposition of mm. 54\u201361, emphasizing the potential F-major implications<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-21b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 21b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Examples 21a and 21b suggest that a diatonic, RO-oriented account of this passage is viable, complementing Cohn\u2019s insights about the central augmented triad. The usefulness of annotating bass scale degrees respective to the local tonic is clear in this context: though the upper voices are unconventional, the bass segments can provide tonal orientation.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>exaudi <\/em>climactic passage should also be considered in conjunction with the harmonically dense interlude reproduced in Example 22a, which provides a further opportunity to explore the potential of the RO for reimagining harmonic paths in this movement.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-22a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8321\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a.jpg 2068w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a-1024x376.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a-768x282.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a-1536x564.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22a-2048x753.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 22a. \u201cIntroit &amp; Kyrie\u201d from the <em>Requiem<\/em>, op. 48, mm. 38\u201341<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-22a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 22a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a clear $$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ RO segment in A minor in m. 38, the G\u00b0<sup>7<\/sup>, A augmented, and $$^{6}_{5}$$ on B$$\\flat$$ in the following measure are more disorienting. If only G in m. 39 carried G\u2013B$$\\flat$$\u2013D\u2013E, it would have implied a return to D minor through a clear RO $$\\hat{4}$$ identity. In such a case, the augmented triad on A would be a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution containing a leading tone, which conforms to Faur\u00e9\u2019s usage in this movement. This is realized in the recomposition of Example 22b, which also shows how a pedal point on A could lead smoothly to a cadence in the principal tonal center of D minor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8322\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b.jpg 2128w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b-1536x511.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22b-2048x681.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Example 22b. Recomposition of mm. 38\u201341, tilting the balance towards D minor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-22b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 22b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Had G in m. 39 carried G\u2013B$$\\flat$$\u2013D$$\\flat$$\u2013F, a shift to F major would have been implied. The $$^{6}_{5}$$ on B$$\\flat$$ (original m. 39, Example 22a) indeed suggests $$\\hat{4}$$ in the RO of F major. The perfectly symmetrical \\dim7 quality in m. 39 could have been clarified\u2014and rendered more diatonic\u2014through a slight displacement. Example 22c tilts the sonority in the direction of F major. The recomposition of Example 22c also turns decisively toward F major at its end. Admittedly, this ending might fit better into the sound world of the simpler <em>Messe basse<\/em> than to the <em>Requiem<\/em>, but it is still an attempt at style-bound recomposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-22c\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8323\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c.png 2116w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c-1024x346.png 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c-1536x520.png 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-22c-2048x693.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 22c. Recomposition of mm. 38\u201341, tilting the balance to F major<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-22c.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 22c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This interlude demonstrates how modified segments of the RO can participate in speculating on the more diatonic properties of this movement and guide us toward creativity in a historical style. Though Faur\u00e9 certainly participated in romantic explorations of the triad\u2019s <em>second nature<\/em> (Cohn 2012), the complex harmony of this movement can be conceptualized and explored through the more diatonic lens of the RO, complementing Cohn\u2019s chromatic approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-transform: none;\"><strong style=\"text-transform: none;\">8. Faur\u00e9-izing Debussy, Listening to Satie through Faur\u00e9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>BaileyShea\u2019s (2007) recomposed mashup of different settings of one of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\u2019s Mignon poems, \u201cNur wer die Sehnsucht kennt,\u201d reveals interesting motivic connections between the pieces and provides a vivid demonstration of intertextual links and influences between the settings: his creative exercise thus acts as a commentary on the pieces that is more visceral than what could be accomplished using prose and analytical examples alone. In this final, brief vignette, I would like to sketch some of the lines connecting Faur\u00e9 to Debussy. I will do so by recasting small portions of Debussy\u2019s \u201cClair de lune\u201d from the <em>Suite bergamasque <\/em>into the style of Faur\u00e9 based (inter alia) on the considerations of the present article. I will also reflect on listening to one of Satie\u2019s well-known <em>Gymnop\u00e9dies<\/em> through the sieve of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony. In both cases, iconic pieces are heard here in a slightly different way through Faur\u00e9\u2019s prism\u2014without trying to ascertain lines of influence.<\/p>\n<p>Example 23a hybridizes the opening gestures of Debussy\u2019s \u201cClair de lune\u201d and the style of Faur\u00e9.<span id='easy-footnote-26-7721' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/#easy-footnote-bottom-26-7721' title='There is, in fact, a strong sonic analog between Debussy\u2019s instrumental \u201cClair de lune\u201d and Faur\u00e9\u2019s rendering of the words \u201cau calme clair de lune triste et beau\u201d in his setting of Verlaine\u2019s poem (op. 46, no. 2): Faur\u00e9\u2019s G$$\\flat$$-major chord followed by A$$\\flat$$ dom7 (mm. 38\u201341) have their counterparts in Debussy\u2019s mm. 29\u201330 in the form of a D$$\\flat$$-major triad followed by an E$$\\flat$$ dom7.'><sup>26<\/sup><\/a><\/span> I have used RO segments both in the home key and in the key of III (mm. 1\u20134 and mm. 9\u201312, respectively). This is somewhat inspired by the tonal ambiguity of the first variation from Faur\u00e9\u2019s exquisite Theme and Variations in C$$\\sharp$$ Minor, op. 73 (not shown): this variation takes the pitches $$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{6}$$\u2013$$\\hat{7}$$\u2013$$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ (G$$\\sharp$$\u2013A\u2013B\u2013E\u2013F$$\\sharp$$\u2013G$$\\sharp$$\u2013C$$\\sharp$$ (theme, mm. 2\u20133), and turns them into a bass line so that these melodic scale degrees, now in the bass, are reinterpreted as $$\\hat{3}$$\u2013$$\\hat{4}$$\u2013$$\\hat{5}$$\u2013$$\\hat{1}$$ in E major then C$$\\sharp$$ minor (var. 1, mm. 2\u20133). I have also used sequence models in this passage: in mm. 5\u20137, a Faur\u00e9-style, fake-fauxbourdon sequence with parallel $$^{4}_{3}$$ chords is used; in mm. 13\u201314, an ascending 5\u20136 sequence model already sounds closer to the style of Debussy. In recasting this passage (Debussy\u2019s original mm. 1\u201314), I had to deviate quite a bit from the original gestures in an attempt to emulate Faur\u00e9\u2019s style; nevertheless, the general gestures and contour have been maintained, especially in the reimagined mm. 1\u201312 (roughly equivalent to Debussy\u2019s original mm. 1\u201310). When we reimagine Debussy through Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony, events like Debussy\u2019s $$^{6}_{5}$$ on G$$\\flat$$ in m. 10 and m. 12 can be thought of in terms of the RO mold. My distant reimagining relies more on intuition than on explicit theorizing: I have reported here on the musical structures that I explicitly thought about, but this surely does not articulate all factors involved.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-23a\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8327\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23a-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 23a. Faur\u00e9-style recasting of the opening of Debussy\u2019s \u201cClair de lune\u201d from the Suite bergamasque<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-23a.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 23a<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-23b\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8328\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b.jpg 2376w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b-1536x996.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-23b-2048x1327.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 23b. Faur\u00e9-style recasting of Debussy\u2019s \u201cClair de lune\u201d of the Suite bergamasque, mm. 27\u201328<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch-Example-23b.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em>Audio Example<\/em> 23b<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Example 23b recasts the opening of Debussy\u2019s striking passage starting in m. 27, which is adapted here as a non-traditional RO segment. The \u201cwrong\u201d $$^{4}_{2}$$ sonority on $$\\hat{4}$$ sets up the two $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitutions of the second measure. Debussy\u2019s iconic F$$\\flat^{6}$$ sonority in m. 27 can thus be conceptualized as a Faur\u00e9-style mixture $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution. The mashup fragments offered here hint at some of the potentials of analysis and model composition to complement one another: the project of reimagining fragments of one of Debussy\u2019s early pieces through Faur\u00e9 was based partially on an explicit analytical approach to Faur\u00e9\u2019s music and partially on intuitions that are more difficult to articulate, revealing some experiential connections between the two composers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/36-2023\/rabinovitch\/rabinovitch36-example-24\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8329\" width=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-scaled.jpg 1978w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/rabinovitch36-Example-24-1583x2048.jpg 1583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Example 24. Satie, <em>Gymnop\u00e9die<\/em> No. 2, mm. 18\u201336, $$^{6}_{3}$$-substitution sonorities marked with boxes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/theory.esm.rochester.edu\/integral\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rabinovitch-Example-24.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Audio Example 24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Example 24 reproduces an excerpt from Satie\u2019s <em>Gymnop\u00e9die<\/em> no. 2 in which the lens of Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony can also potentially elucidate some unusual events. Satie uses Faur\u00e9-like pedal points with upper-voice fauxbourdon variants (mm. 18\u201323, 31\u201335), which resolve\u2014in a \u201cdominant-tonic\u201d fashion\u2014into local tonics on B$$\\flat$$ with a $$^{6}_{3}$$ substitution in m. 24 and m. 36. Again, an iconic piece, which is better-known than many of Faur\u00e9\u2019s works, can be experienced through the present analytical and recompositional perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>This article has explored Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony through analysis and recomposition. I have used these activities in support of an analytical claim about Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmonic usage, as well as a broader proposal regarding the possible role of recomposition in music theory and analysis (and beyond). I have demonstrated that the traditional model of the RO (with modifications) can explain some of the fast-changing tonal impressions in Faur\u00e9\u2019s harmony. His manipulations of the RO seem to be part of a broader tendency to use conventional bass schemata and match them with non-traditional upper-voice sonorities. In particular, unpacking ambiguities involving $$^{6}_{3}$$ and $$^{5}_{3}$$ sonorities can help us to decipher Faur\u00e9\u2019s enigmatic harmonic surface. As a conceptual model and latent view of tonality, the RO provides us a different view of Faur\u00e9\u2019s famously fleeting tonal impressions: specific sonorities and inversions orient us to a local tonal center. At the same time, the approach taken here is not purist or historicist\u2014I have considered intersections with recent analytical literature on harmonic ambiguity and have showed how the model is used abstractly, not literally. Moreover, I must emphasize again that the RO explains only <em>parts<\/em> of Faur\u00e9\u2019s language but does not give a comprehensive account of his harmonic usage.<\/p>\n<p>My second claim\u2014or, rather, proposal\u2014is that analysis and style-bound recomposition can support one another. By explicitly trying to emulate Faur\u00e9\u2019s style, one can gain a more intimate understanding of the composer\u2019s idiolect. Creating in historical styles is also a good way to test the accuracy of our analytical tools in describing historical styles: style-bound recomposition (or model composition more generally) requires understanding the idiom beyond labelling systems. While I do not claim that my recompositions are precise emulations of the composer\u2019s style, I believe that through immersion and model composition we can actively test our evolving analytical understanding. 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