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The mission of the project to provide resources to teaching faculty and other curious people to produce a more inclusive curriculum by including works of composers who have worked within the common practice who are not normally encountered in music theory courses.  These composers include: women composers, LGBTQ composers, composers of color, and non-Western European composers.

Dr. David Dean Mendoza

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Recently Added Examples and Changes

Date	Chapter	Example Added and Changes
08/25/26	Textbook: Music Theory Matters	Five examples from this website were used in the Oxford University Press textbook Music Theory Matters by Brad Osborn and Christine Boone. No footnote or acknowledgment was given. 1. Bon, Anna, Six Sonatas for harpsichord, Sonata II, mvt. II, Andante, mm.8-12 2.Sawyer, Jacob, J. Welcome to the Era, March, Con Spirito, mm.5-12 3.Le Beau, Luise Adolpha, Drei Clavierstücke, Op.1, No.2, Leid, mm.1-8 4.Garcia, José Maurício Nunes, Vésperas de Nossa Senhora, Dixit Dóminus, mm.1-4 5.Bologne, Joseph, String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, mvt. I Allegro moderato, mm.1-4
07/01/26	Cadences and Handouts	The Plagal Half Cadence: A Compendium of Theoretical Sources (updated with 59 sources)
06/22/26	Handouts	Non-Chord Tone Chorale Example Handout
05/16/26	Cadences	Sullivan, Sir Arthur Seymour, Onward, Christian Soldiers (St Gertrude) 3rd phrase, mm.9-12
05/08/26	Cadences	Lark in the Morning, traditional Irish folk song
05/06/26	Augmented Triad	Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny, 6 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 1, Die Ersehnte, mm. 8-13
05/06/26	Mode Mixture	Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, 6 Lieder, Op. 9: No. 1, Die Ersehnte, entire song
04/30/26	Cadences	Debussy, Claude, Violin Sonata in G minor, mvt. I. Allegro vivo, mm.1-14
04/29/26	Cadences and Handouts	The Plagal Half Cadence: A Compendium of Theoretical Sources
04/28/26	Chromatic and Enharmonic Modulations	Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, Die liebe Farbe, entire song. Andante
04/28/26	Applied Chords	Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, Die liebe Farbe, entire song. Andante
04/28/26	Neo-Riemannian Theory	Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, Die liebe Farbe, entire song. Andante
04/27/26	Rondo	Bigot, Marie, Sonata, Op. 1, mvt. IV Rondo: Allegro
04/27/26	Augmented 6th Chords	Boulogne, Joseph, Piano Sonata in C major, mvt. 1, mm.82-89
04/25/26	Neo-Riemannian Theory	Price, Florence Beatrice, Piano Quintet in A minor, mvt. 1 Allegro non troppo, mm.243-252
04/25/26	6/4 Chords	Price, Florence Beatrice, Piano Quintet in A minor, mvt. 1 Allegro non troppo, mm.7-12
04/24/26	Chromatic Sequences	Maier, Amanda, Violin Sonata in B minor, mvt. III. Allegro molto vivace, mm. 373-384
04/23/26	Augmented Triad	Maier, Amanda, Violin Sonata in B minor, mvt. III. Allegro molto vivace, mm. 303-311
04/23/26	Chromatic and Enharmonic Modulations	Maier, Amanda, Violin Sonata in B minor, mvt. III. Allegro molto vivace, mm.243-266
04/22/26	Chromatic Sequences	Maier, Amanda, Violin Sonata in B minor, mvt. III. Allegro molto vivace, mm.243-250
04/18/26	Neapolitan Sixth Chords	Maier, Amanda, Violin Sonata in B minor, mvt. I. Allegro, mm.245-248
04/14/26	Index of Composers	Composer added Justin Elie
04/14/26	Augmented Triad	Elie, Justin, Queen of the Night, from Babylon, A Suite of Four Oriental Sketches, No. III., mm. 78-82
04/07/26	Rondo	Billington, Elizabeth Weichsell, Six Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, Op. 2, Sonata II, mvt. II Rondo, Presto
03/31/26	Diatonic Sequences	Billington, Elizabeth Weichsell, Six Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, Op. 2, Sonata III, mvt. II Rondo Vivace, mm.64-67
03/31/26	Index of Composers	Composer added Elizabeth Weichsell Billington
03/31/26	Rondo	Billington, Elizabeth Weichsell, Six Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, Op. 2, Sonata III, mvt. II Rondo Vivace
03/27/26	Manifestos	Wagner, Richard, Artwork of the Future
03/27/26	Manifestos	Maciunas, George, Fluxus Manifesto
03/26/26	Minimalism	Eastman, Julius, Femenine (1974)
03/26/26	Index of Composers	Composer added Allan Kaprow
03/26/26	Index of Composers	Composer added Julius Eastman
03/26/26	Index of Composers	Composer added Ben Patterson
03/26/26	Happenings and Performance Art	Patterson, Ben, Paper Piece
03/26/26	Minimalism	Eastman, Julius, Gay Guerrilla, for 3 violins, 2 violas, cello, and double bass
03/26/26	Minimalism	Minimalism Chapter added
03/26/26	Minimalism	Eastman, Julius, Buddha
03/26/26	Happenings and Performance Art	Kaprow, Allan, How To Make A Happening (1968)
03/26/26	Happenings and Performance Art	Kaprow, Allan, Fluids (1967)
03/26/26	Happenings and Performance Art	Cage, John, Water Walk
03/26/26	Rondo	Rondo Chapter added
03/26/26	Rondo	Sirmen, Maddalena Laura, Six Trios, Sonata V, mvt. II Allegro
03/25/26	Tonic and Dominant	Sirmen, Maddalena Laura, Six Trios, Sonata IV, mvt. II Rondo Allegretto, mm.35-42
03/24/26	Extended Tonicization	Andrée, Elfrida, Piano Trio No.2, mvt. I Allegro agitato, mm. 44-52
03/24/26	Augmented 6th Chords	Andrée, Elfrida, Piano Trio No.2, mvt. I Allegro agitato, mm. 28-35
03/24/26	Augmented 6th Chords	Park, Maria Hester, Divertimento for piano and violin, I. Andante Affetuoso, mm.9-16
03/23/26	Supertonic and Submediant	Paradis, Maria Theresia von, 12 Lieder, No. 10, Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht, mm.1-8
03/23/26	Periods and Sentences	Paradis, Maria Theresia von, 12 Lieder, No. 10, Da eben seinen Lauf vollbracht, mm.1-8
03/23/26	Leading-tone	Park, Maria Hester, Divertimento for violin and piano, mm. 71-78
03/23/26	Non-Chord Tones	Paradis, Maria Theresia von, 12 Lieder, No. 11 Wenn ich der Kaiser wäre, mm.1-8
03/23/26	Periods and Sentences	Paradis, Maria Theresia von, 12 Lieder, No. 11 Wenn ich der Kaiser wäre, mm.1-8
03/23/26	Tonic/Subdominant/Dominant	Paradis, Maria Theresia von, 12 Lieder, No. 11 Wenn ich der Kaiser wäre, mm.1-8
03/22/26	Augmented 6th Chords	Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, 3 Klavierstücke, No. 3 Abschied von Rom, mm.1-3
03/20/26	Tonic and Dominant	Park, Maria Hester, Divertimento for violin and piano, mm.1-8
03/20/26	Index of Composers	Composer added – Elizabeth Turner
03/20/26	Diatonic Sequences	Turner, Elizabeth, Lesson 1 in G minor for harpsichord, mm.1-6
03/19/26	Augmented 6th Chords	Paradis, Maria Theresia von, 12 Lieder, No. 9 Vaterlandslied, mm.15-22
03/13/26	Augmented Triad	Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny, Frage for voice and piano, H-U 118, mm. 4-6
03/11/26	Pivot Chord and Diatonic Modulations	(Engraving Correction) Liebmann, Hélène Riese , Grand Sonata for piano, mvt. III. Allegro vivace, mm.59-78
03/11/26	Augmented 6th Chords	Mendelssohn, Fanny Hensel, 5 Lieder, Op. 10: I. Nach Süden, mm.1-9
03/11/26	Model Mixture	Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny, 5 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 5. Bergeslust, mm.54-62
03/09/26	Mode Mixture	Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny, 5 Lieder, Op. 10: No. 5. Bergeslust, mm.13-22
02/26/26	Handouts	4-part Negative Harmony Example 2 – Ich Dank’ Dir, Lieber Herre
02/25/26	Handouts	Quadruple and Triple Plagal Chord Loops/Progressions (link)
02/20/26	Handouts	Plagal-Based Chord Diagram for Popular Music
02/20/26	Handouts	4-part Negative Harmony Example – Aus Meines Herzens Grunde
02/19/26	Handouts	Extended Tertian Handout
02/18/26	Handouts	Negative Harmony Handouts added
02/18/26	Sample Assignments	Negative Harmony Assignment II. with Answer Key uploaded
02/17/26	Table of Contents	Negative Harmony Category Added
02/17/26	Sample Assignments	Negative Harmony Assignment I. with Answer Key uploaded