The New Historical Survey is a series of essays on music with ascending lines and upper-register cadence gestures. I'm just now reaching the 19th century, where there can of course be significant overlap between this work and study of the major dominant ninth chord. (I'll write more about this in relation to these new essays in a subsequent post.)
The Survey has 5 parts: (1) a general introduction; (2) music to 1650; (3) 1650-1780; (4) 1780-1860; (5) 1860-US copyright barrier year. I am currently working on Part 4 and have added two new essays:
Ascending Cadence Gestures, A New Historical Survey, Part 4a1: 1780–1815. Link.
Abstract: This belongs to a multi-part essay series gathering compositions with ascending lines and upper-register cadence gestures in European and European- influenced music. Part 4 covers the period 1780–1860; this section is 1780–1815. Composers include, among others, Beethoven, Doche, Hummel, Mozart, Paisiello, Pecháček, J. A. P. Schulz, and Sterkel. Organ music compiled by Kaspar Ett concludes.
Ascending Cadence Gestures, A New Historical Survey, Part 4b3: Polkas, A Second Supplement. Link.
Abstract: This supplement has additional polkas from the 1840s and 1850s. Composers include, among others, Charles d’Albert, János Gungl, Charles Lenschow, Hans Christian Lumbye, and Johann Strauss, jr. An appendix is a list of all polkas discussed in this and previous essays,
