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This blog began as a place to present multiple examples of analysis of a single composition, the thirteenth number from Schubert's Valses sentimentales, D. 779 (1825). Several related topics emerged soon in the work, ranging from social dance in Vienna to contemporary form theory. I eventually organized a guide to the blog (link updated 2022-02-03) according to the four main areas given attention:

Topics 1: Analyses of Schubert, Valses sentimentales, n13, Waltz in A Major
Topics 2: Schubert, Playing for Dance, Dance in Vienna 1815-1830
Topics 3: Formal Design and Functions in Music for Social Dance
Topics 4: Responses to Criticism of the Ascending Urlinie

Since publishing the Guide in July 2016, I have made just over a dozen posts to the blog, all but two of which have been notices of essays published on Texas ScholarWorks (link to my author page).