Administrative

The introduction to the blog was posted on 17 October 2014. Find it here: link.  An updated description of the blog, its argument, and its methods appeared four years later, on 17 October 2018, on the occasion of the 300th post: link. See also additional commentary in the subsequent post: link.  Further comment on analysis methods and priorities may be found here (post from 30 September 2017): link.

An index to compositions may be found here: Index to the Blog Ascending Cadence Gestures and to Related Publications on the Texas ScholarWorks Platform.  The abstract for this file:

This is an index to musical compositions discussed in essays published on this platform since 2010, through 09 January 2019. Many but not all of the pieces listed were also discussed on my blog Ascending Cadence Gestures in Tonal Music (on Google’s blogspot platform). Taken together, these essays and blog posts document rising cadence figures and some melodic archetypes in a broad range of European music from roughly 1500-1900, including music for social uses (dance and song), for domestic and public performance, and for the musical theater.

I have published more than two dozen essays about ascending cadence gestures on the Texas ScholarWorks platform. Link to my author page.  Among these essays, I would point the reader especially to the "Gallery of Simple Examples" -- link -- and its sequel -- link. These two links are to blog posts that give title, abstract, and table of contents, along with a direct link.