Carl Schachter
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Carl Schachter is an American music theorist, renowned as arguably the most influential Schenkerian analyst since Schenker
himself. He studied with Felix Salzer
, who was later co-author with Schachter of the influential text, Counterpoint in Composition. He received the B.S., from the Mannes College of Music; M.A., New York University (musicology); D.M., Mannes College of Music. He studied piano with Sara Levee, Isabelle Vengerova, and Israel Citkowitz and conducting with Carl Bamberger. Among Schachter's many renowned students are Murray Perahia
, Richard Goode
, Frederica von Stade
, Israeli pianist/composer Rami Bar-Niv, Myun Whun Chung, and the late Edward Aldwell
(who was co-author with Schachter of another influential text, Harmony and Voice Leading).
Schachter has held visiting professorships at Hunter College
, Binghamton University
, Harvard University
, École Normale Superieure de Jeunes Filles (Paris). He was Professor of Music at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate School, 1972-1993 where he held the position of Distinguished Professor of Music, 1993-1996.
He has served on the faculty of the Juilliard School
since 1998, but has long been associated with the Mannes College of Music
where he has been affiliated with the Techniques of Music faculty since 1956; Chairman of Theory Department, 1958–1962; Dean of Mannes, 1962–1966; Chairman of Techniques of Music Department 1966-1973.
Heinrich Schenker
Heinrich Schenker was a music theorist, best known for his approach to musical analysis, now usually called Schenkerian analysis....
himself. He studied with Felix Salzer
Felix Salzer
Felix Salzer was an Austrian-American music theorist, musicologist and pedagogue. He was one of the principal followers of Heinrich Schenker, and did much to refine and explain Schenkerian analysis after Schenker's death....
, who was later co-author with Schachter of the influential text, Counterpoint in Composition. He received the B.S., from the Mannes College of Music; M.A., New York University (musicology); D.M., Mannes College of Music. He studied piano with Sara Levee, Isabelle Vengerova, and Israel Citkowitz and conducting with Carl Bamberger. Among Schachter's many renowned students are Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia
Murray Perahia KBE is an American concert pianist and conductor.-Early life:Murray Perahia was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to a family of Sephardi Jewish origin. According to the biography on his Mozart piano sonatas CD, his first language was Judaeo-Spanish or, Ladino. The family...
, Richard Goode
Richard Goode
Richard Goode is an American classical pianist, especially known for his interpretations of Ludwig van Beethoven and chamber music.Goode was born in East Bronx, New York...
, Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade is an American mezzo-soprano. Born in Somerville, New Jersey, she acquired the nickname "Flicka" in her childhood. Von Stade attended the Mannes College of Music in New York City. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1970 and in 1971 appeared as Cherubino in The...
, Israeli pianist/composer Rami Bar-Niv, Myun Whun Chung, and the late Edward Aldwell
Edward Aldwell
Edward Aldwell was an American pianist, music theorist and pedagogue....
(who was co-author with Schachter of another influential text, Harmony and Voice Leading).
Schachter has held visiting professorships at Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
, Binghamton University
Binghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, École Normale Superieure de Jeunes Filles (Paris). He was Professor of Music at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate School, 1972-1993 where he held the position of Distinguished Professor of Music, 1993-1996.
He has served on the faculty of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
since 1998, but has long been associated with the Mannes College of Music
Mannes College of Music
Mannes College The New School for Music is The New School university's music conservatory. While the university's main campus is located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Mannes maintains its main academic building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan....
where he has been affiliated with the Techniques of Music faculty since 1956; Chairman of Theory Department, 1958–1962; Dean of Mannes, 1962–1966; Chairman of Techniques of Music Department 1966-1973.